Microsoft KB Archive/153194

= WD97: Extended Characters Corrupt After Editing MacWord Document =

Article ID: 153194

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q153194



SYMPTOMS
When you open a document in Word 97 after editing the document in Word 6.x for the Macintosh, extended characters may become corrupt.



CAUSE
There is a problem with the conversion of the Macintosh ANSI extended character set.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

Additional query words: word word97 wd97 macword extended characters corrupt cross-platform

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbenable kbfix kbinterop KB153194

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