Microsoft KB Archive/142343

= WD: Selection with Tab Not Inserted in Delivery Address Box =

Article ID: 142343

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c

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This article was previously published under Q142343



SYMPTOMS
Text in the Delivery Address box of the Envelopes dialog box or the Labels Address box does not appear correctly.

Example 1
When you select the following text

 John Jones 123 Main Street Anytown, USA

you get the following result in the Delivery Address box:

123 Main Street Anytown, USA

Example 2
When you select this text

Confidential Susan Smith

you get the following result in the Delivery Address box:

Confidential



CAUSE
Microsoft Word does not recognize the text as a valid address.



WORKAROUND
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Use the following sample macro to work around this problem: Sub MAIN Dim dlg As ToolsCreateEnvelope GetCurValues dlg dlg.EnvAddress = Selection$ If Dialog(dlg) Then ToolsCreateEnvelope dlg EndIf End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

108500 WD: Envelope Command Fails to Pick Up Print Merge Address Fields

Additional query words: envelopes delivery address tab blank nothing nil null missing empty

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbprint kbmacroexample kbmerge KB142343

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