Microsoft KB Archive/108691

Cannot Open WinWord Equations in Mac Word Equation Editor PSS ID Number: Q108691 Article last modified on 11-01-1994 PSS database name: CONVERT

2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c 6.00 | 5.10 WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

An equation created in the Equation Editor version 2.0 (installed with Word 6.0 for Windows) will not convert to Word 5.1 for the Macintosh. When you open the document in Word for the Mac (using the Word for the Macintosh converter), the equation will appear correctly; but when you double-click it, the Equation Editor will start, but the equation won’t be there. Quitting the Equation Editor will leave an empty object in the document where the equation had been. This happens even if you don’t want to update the object.

= CAUSE =

This problem can occur if Word 2.0 and Word 6.0 for Windows reside on the same machine or if Word 6.0 has previously been installed. If you create the document in Word 2.0 and select “Microsoft Equation 1.0” in the Insert Object dialog box, the Equation Editor version 2.0 may be activated instead of version 1.0. To verify the active version of Equation Editor, choose About Equation Editor from the Help menu while in the Equation Editor.

= STATUS =

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbinterop KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c 6.00 5.10 5.10a disappears removes deletes loses update

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