Microsoft KB Archive/112812

Editing Source Breaks Link or Changes Link Contents

PSS ID Number: Q112812 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SYMPTOM =

A link (OLE or publish and subscribe) breaks or unexpectedly changes after you edit the source (server or publisher). The problem may occur if you double-click to select the last word in the source and type over the selection.

= CAUSE =

Double-clicking a word selects the space following the selected word as well. Typing over the word and the space can break the link or cause the source to not include the newly typed text.

= WORKAROUND =

To avoid the problem, do not double-click to edit the last word in a source.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following are four conditions that dictate whether this problem will occur:


 * 1) If the source consists of a single word without any space after the word, the link will be lost when you double-click the word and add additional text.
 * 2) If the source consists of one or more words with a space after the last word, the link will be maintained when you double-click the last word and add additional text. The new text becomes part of the source.
 * 3) If the source consists of more than one word without any space following the last word, the link will be maintained if you double-click the last word of the source and replace the last word with text that you type. (See condition 4 for an exception to this condition.)
 * 4) In Word 5.0 only, with OLE-linking only, if the source consists of more than one word without any space following the last word, text you type after double-clicking the last word in the source will not be included in the source unless the source includes a paragraph mark following the last word.

= REFERENCES =

For additional information, consult the “User’s Guide” for Word 5.0/5.1 for the Macintosh. Information about publish and subscribe and OLE links is covered on pages 667-683.

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