Microsoft KB Archive/200362

= WD97: Bullet or Numbering in List Reappears When Document Is Opened in Earlier Version =

Article ID: 200362

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 Q200362



SYMPTOMS
Bulleted or numbered lines of text in a Word 97 document may appear incorrectly when the document is opened in Word 6.0/95. Specifically, lines in the list in which the bullet or number was removed appear as bulleted or numbered again.

This problem occurs when all of the following are true:
 * The list is formatted with a custom style.

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 * The custom style's definition contains a Bulleted, Numbered, or Outline Numbered format.

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 * The bullet or number was removed from blank lines in the Word 97 document.

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 * The document is saved in Word 97 document format.

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 * You open the Word 97 document directly in the earlier version of Word by using the Word 97/2000 text converter.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, save your Word 97 document in the Word 6.0/95 file format. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) In Microsoft Word 97, open the file that contains the custom style numbered list.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 3) In the Save As dialog box, change the Save as type box to Word 6.0/95, and then click Save.

NOTE: You may want to type a new file name in the File name box, so that your original Word 97 document is not overwritten with the Word 6.0/95 file format.



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

Additional query words: Numbering numbers different differences added add now present direct formatting removal remove format change changed convert converted 7.0

Keywords: kbbug kbconversion kbnumbering KB200362

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