Microsoft KB Archive/122404

= Subdocuments Not Recognized Converting WinWord/MacWord =

Article ID: 122404

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * 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 6.01 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q122404





SYMPTOMS
A document created using the Master Document feature in Word for the Macintosh version 6.x or later is not converted properly when you open it in Word for Windows version 6.x or later. Instead, you receive the following error message during conversion:

The subdocument: \ is missing. Do you want to open the master document without the subdocument?

In this error message, the path and file name are truncated to eight characters with a three-character extension. Each folder (directory) and the file name are preceded by an exclamation point (!).



CAUSE
Word is searching for the subdocuments based on their original path and file names and, hence, does not recognize the names given to the subdocuments during the conversion process.



WORKAROUND
To recover the functionality of the master document, you must reinsert the subdocuments. As you reinsert each subdocument, you are providing Word with the current path and file name of each subdocument.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about master documents, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

105550 WD: Error Message: "The Subdocument Is Missing..."

119514 WD: Errors in Cross-References in Master Document or Subdocument

