Microsoft KB Archive/243014

= If you open a Danish Word 2000 document that contains fields in the Danish version of Word 97, you receive the “Unknown switch argument” error message in the document =

Article ID: 243014

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q243014



Note The information in this article applies to the Danish version of Word.



SYMPTOMS
In Danish Word 97, after you open and update a Danish Word 2000 document that contains fields, the following error message may be displayed in your Word document:

Unknown switch argument



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the field switches contained in the fields in the Danish Word 2000 document are in English (US) and are not translated into Danish.

NOTE: Danish Word 97 uses English (US) field names but Danish field switches.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, turn on the field codes, and manually replace the English (US) field switches with their Danish equivalents.

NOTE: To turn on field codes in your Word document, press ALT+F9.

The following table lists the Danish field switch names and their English (US) equivalents.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbfix kbprb KB243014

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