Microsoft KB Archive/212234

= WD2000: Text Doesn't Flow Past 32nd Linked Text Box =

Article ID: 212234

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212234





SYMPTOMS
When you have 33 or more text boxes that you have linked together, text does not flow past the 32nd text box into the 33rd text box. In other words, the link does not actually exist.



CAUSE
The maximum number of text boxes you can link together is 32 (31 links). If you attempt to link to a 33rd text box, you receive no error message, text does not flow into the text box, and no link is formed.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Change the Text Box Size
Increase the size of the existing text boxes to hold more text, so that you do not need additional linked text boxes.
 * 1) Click the text box whose size you want to change.
 * 2) Drag a sizing handle until the text box is the size you want.

Method 2: Change the Text Point Size
Decrease the point size of the text in the linked text boxes.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
You can link two or more text boxes so that text flows between them as you type. You can also create text box links among shapes, such as circles, banners, and flow chart shapes. A text box or shape can have only one forward, or next, link and one backward, or previous, link. The maximum number of links you can have in one sequence is 31, linking together 32 text boxes or shapes.

For more information about linking text boxes, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type lay out text in a newsletter-style document in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: textbox textboxes autoshapes shape 33

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbusage KB212234

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