Microsoft KB Archive/65851

Insert Files with Link Does Not Ask to Convert Document

PSS ID Number: Q65851 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

1.00 1.10 1.10a 2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

When you insert a file with a format other than the Word Normal format by choosing File from the Insert menu, Microsoft Word for Windows will ask for a file-conversion type if the document has been inserted without the Link option checked. If the document is inserted with the Link option selected, Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.1a will assume the type of conversion and not prompt for the type of conversion desired.

The purpose of this feature is to reduce the number of questions that Word for Windows has to ask when updating the fields in a document.

Word for Windows 2.0 will prompt for the type of conversion desired even if the file has been inserted with the Link option selected. However, the prompt appears only when the file is initially inserted. The prompt will not appear when the field is updated since the conversion type is assumed at this point.

If you insert a document WITHOUT a link, Word physically inserts the text into the current document.

Inserting the document WITH a link causes Word to insert a field that reads the file from disk. Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.1a assume the file is in the Word Normal format and will not assume any converting is necessary. Word for Windows 2.0 will insert the proper conversion information in the field that includes the linked file and will require confirmation of the conversion only when the file is converted. Updating the field will not require another confirmation.

Reference(s):

“Microsoft Word for Windows and OS/2 Technical Reference,” version 1.0, page 204.

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