Microsoft KB Archive/59528

Word: Saving a File with a Forward Slash (/) in the Pathname

PSS ID Number: Q59528 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

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In the Transfer Load “filename:” and Transfer Save “filename:” fields, Word will recognize a forward slash (/) as if it was a backslash. For example,

C:/WORD5/DOCUMENTS/TEST.DOC

is recognized as the following:

C:.DOC

Word also recognizes a combination of forward slashes and backslashes in the Transfer Load “filename:” and Transfer Save “filename:” fields. For example,

C;/WORD5/TEST.DOC

is recognized as the following:

C:.DOC

Word version 5.50 will also recognize a forward slash as a backslash in the File Save As “File Name:” field.

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