Article ID: 173621
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q173621
SYMPTOMS
When you save a document in a file format other than "Word Document (*.doc)," the document may lose its association with the template it was created from. When you reopen the document, it may be attached to the global template (Normal.dot).
NOTE: This problem occurs with documents that are created from any template other than Normal.dot.
CAUSE
When you save your document in a different format, for example "Text Only (*.txt)," the document is saved as text, but this format is still based on the Word 97 template (Normal.dot).
MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists whether the attached template for your document stays the same or is changed to Normal.dot when you reopen your document, after you save it in a different format.
Save as type Attached template
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Word Document (*.doc) Same
Text Only (*.txt) Normal.dot
Text Only with Line Breaks (*.txt) Normal.dot
MS-DOS Text (*.txt) Normal.dot
MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks (*.txt) Normal.dot
Rich Text Format (*.rtf) Same
Unicode Text (*.txt) Normal.dot
MS-DOS Text with Layout (*.asc) Normal.dot
Text with Layout (*.ans) Normal.dot
Windows Write (*.wri) Normal.dot
Windows Write (*.wri) Normal.dot
Word 3.x-5.x for MS-DOS (*.doc) Normal.dot
Word 6.0 for MS-DOS (*.doc) Normal.dot
RFT-DCA (*.rft) Normal.dot
WordStar 7.0 (*.ws7) Normal.dot
WordStar 4.0 (*.ws4) Normal.dot
Ami Pro 3.0 (*.sam) Normal.dot
Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc) Same
Word 4.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw) Normal.dot
Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw) Normal.dot
Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw) Normal.dot
Word 6.0/95 (*.doc) (See Note 1 below) Same
Word 6.0/95 (*.doc) (See Note 2 below) Normal.dot
WordPerfect 5.0 (*.doc) Normal.dot
WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc) Normal.dot
WordPerfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc) Normal.dot
WordPerfect 5.1 or 5.2 Secondary File (*.doc) Normal.dot
WordPerfect 5.0 Secondary File (*.doc) Normal.dot
Works 3.0 for Windows (*.wps) Normal.dot
Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps) Normal.dot
HTML Document (*.html; *.htm; *.htx) Same
Note 1: This "Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)" converter was shipped with the initial release of Word 97. This is not the converter that shipped With Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1). This converter actually saves your document in Rich Text Format (RTF), but with the *.doc file name extension.
Note 2: This "Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)" converter shipped with Microsoft Word 97 SR-1. This converter saves your document in the native (binary) Word 6.0/95 format, which is different than the format Word 97 uses.
For information about how to obtain the converter mentioned above, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
183070 WD: Embedded OLE Objects Are Changed to Pictures After Save As
212265 WD: Additional Text Converters and Image Filters Available in Microsoft Office Converter Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).
For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2
Additional query words: 8.0 8.00 Loses Retain Hotfix Lost Revert 6/95
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbtemplate KB173621
