Microsoft KB Archive/97729

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Result of SEQ Field Is a Negative Number

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Q97729

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a

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SUMMARY
The maximum positive number result of a SEQ (Sequence) field is 32,767 (2 to the 15th power). If the result of a SEQ field is greater than 32,767, Word for Windows displays the result as a negative number that descends one increment for each number in the sequence. For example:

  If the SEQ field result should be    Word displays --

32,767      32,767   32,768      -32,768   32,769      -32,767   32,770      -32,766 Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c of Word for Windows. This problem was corrected in Word version 7.0 for Windows 95.

Additional query words: 2.0 limit 6.0 word6 winword winword2 6.0c

Keywords : kbfield

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