Microsoft KB Archive/137564

Find File Can't Find WordPerfect, MS Excel, or HPGL Files

= Find File Can't Find WordPerfect, MS Excel, or HPGL Files =

Q137564
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

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If you are trying to open a file in Publisher and use the Find File dialog box, the search will fail if you choose any of the following entries in the "Find All Files Of This Type" list:

WordPerfect 6.0 Document: .doc .wpd Excel Worksheet: .xls .xlw HP Graphics Language: .hgl .hpg .plt

However, if you manually enter the extension of the type of file you are looking for, the search will succeed.

CAUSE

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Publisher's Find File can only search for one file extension at a time. The aforementioned list entries ask Find File to look for more than one extension simultaneously.

RESOLUTION

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Instead of choosing the file type from the list, type in the extension of the file you are looking for yourself.

STATUS

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Publisher version 3.0 for Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.00 pub3 pub95 w_mspub mspub