Microsoft KB Archive/86678

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 * Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 3.0 and 4.0

SYMPTOMS
Wrapped text from a Microsoft Excel for Windows spreadsheet no longer wraps if you paste it into Microsoft Word for Windows. Instead, the text in Word for Windows displays an underscore character (_) where the lines break for the wrap in Excel.

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem in version 2.0 or 2.0a of Word for Windows, do the following:


 * From the Edit menu, choose Paste Special. Under Data Type, select Unformatted Text (rather than Formatted Text), then choose the Paste button.

To work around this problem in version 1.x of Word for Windows, do the following:
 * Select the pasted spreadsheet in Word. From the Edit menu, choose Replace. Substitute paragraph marks for the underscore characters.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Excel versions 3.0 and 4.0. This problem does not occur in Excel version 5.0.
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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998

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