Microsoft KB Archive/130222

= WD: Inserted Document Takes on Formatting of Other Document =

Article ID: 130222

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q130222



SYMPTOMS
If you insert one document (for example, DOC1.DOC) into another document (DOC2.DOC), then DOC1.DOC adopts the section properties of DOC2.DOC if DOC1.DOC is open.

For example, if DOC1.DOC and DOC2.DOC have the following section formatting    DOC1.DOC:     1 Column 1.25" Left and Right Margins

DOC2.DOC:    2 Columns 0.5" Left and Right Margins and you insert DOC1.DOC into DOC2.DOC while DOC1.DOC is still open, and then you switch back to DOC1.DOC, you will find that DOC1.DOC now shows the same section formatting as DOC2.DOC. DOC1.DOC now has the following formatting:

2 Columns

0.5" Left and Right Margins



WORKAROUND
Before inserting one document into another, be sure the file you're inserting from is closed. To see if it's open, select the Window menu. See if the document name appears on the list. If it doesn't, it's safe to insert the file. If it does appear on the list, select the document name and close the document.



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

Additional query words: winword ntword wordnt macword word6 sddt word7 word95

Keywords: kbprb KB130222

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