Article ID: 238844
Article Last Modified on 10/12/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q238844
SYMPTOMS
When you save a document in Word 6.0/95 format from Word 2000, numbering or bulleting of heading paragraphs may be lost.
CAUSE
This happens when the numbering or the bullets were applied in one of the following ways:
- By clicking on the Numbering or Bullets button on the Format toolbar.
- By clicking on Bullets and Numbering on the Format menu and then selecting a numbering type on the Numbered tab or a bullet on the Bulleted tab.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).
To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
NOTE: The problem does not occur when heading numbering is applied by clicking on Bullets and Numbering on the Format menu and then selecting a numbering type on the Outline Numbered tab where the individual outline levels are assigned to the Heading styles. This is the preferred method of numbering headings in Microsoft Word 2000.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.
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