Microsoft KB Archive/179902

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SYMPTOMS
When a Word 5.x for the Macintosh document containing index entries (like the examples formatted below) is converted to Microsoft Word 6.x for the Macintosh, the text may not convert correctly. Some of the text in the index entry may be deleted when converted.

For example, if you insert the following index entries in a Word 5.x document

.i.PERCENT: POWER (.name.) XX.X ; i.POWER (.name.) FUNCTION ; and format the entry as Courier, bold, red with hidden text applied to the paragraph, a portion of the text is deleted. When the document is converted to Word 6.x for the Macintosh, you may see something like this result: .name.) XX.X ;{ XE  "PERCENT: POWER         (.name.) XX.X  " }         .name.) FUNCTION  ; { XE  "POWER (.name.)         FUNCTION  " }

WORKAROUND
Re-insert the text in the converted document and regenerate the index. Or, if Word 5.x for the Macintosh is available, re-open the document in Word 5.x and remove the hidden formatting.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
For additional information regarding the conversion of index entries from Word for the Macintosh version 5.x, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q123112 TITLE    : WD: MacWord 5.x Non-Hidden Index Entry Text Lost in Word 6.0
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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998

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