Microsoft KB Archive/196765

= WD97: "Cannot Open File" Error in INCLUDETEXT Field =

Article ID: 196765

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q196765





SYMPTOMS
When you insert an INCLUDETEXT field in a Microsoft Word document, the following error message appears in place of the field results:

Error! Cannot open file.



CAUSE
When you manually insert an INCLUDETEXT field in your document, one of the following may be causing the error message:

 The file path has a space in the folder or file name.

For example:

{INCLUDETEXT c:\\my documents\\test.doc}

-or- The file path does not include double-backslashes separating the folders and/or file name.

For example:

{INCLUDETEXT "c:\my documents\test.doc"}





RESOLUTION
You must enclose the path and file name in quotation marks if there are spaces in any part of the path or file name and you must use double-backslashes in the path to separate the folder and/or file name in an INCLUDETEXT field.

For example:

{INCLUDETEXT "C:\\My Documents\\Test.doc"}

-or-

{INCLUDETEXT C:\\Documents\\Word\\Test.doc}

Additional query words: fields documentation error

Keywords: kbfield kbprb KB196765

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