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Latest revision as of 11:29, 20 July 2020
Article ID: 109566
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q109566
SYMPTOMS
If the result of an ASK or FILLIN field is blank, the following error message may appear when you use a REF field to recall the ASK or FILLIN field:
If you refer to the blank ASK or FILLIN field with a bookmark name, the following error message appears:
Additionally, if the result of the field is blank during a mail merge operation, the following message appears as each record with blank results is merged:
There is no context-sensitive Help for this error message.
WORKAROUND
To work around these errors, force the field to evaluate to a space by either typing a space in the dialog box when prompted or by setting the field default as follows
{Ask Answer "Question" \d " "}
where the \d switch sets the default result for a field.
An alternative workaround is to select the field and reapply the bookmark to the field. The \d switch isn't necessary.
The bookmark that Word applies to the ASK field is placed at the end of the field and looks like "][" when the bookmarks are visible. For example, the formula
{ASK bookmark "question"}
would look like:
{ASK bookmark "question" ][}
To correct this, select the field and reapply the bookmark. When you are finished, the bookmark looks like:
[{ASK bookmark "question" }]
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbmerge kbfield KB109566