Article ID: 286864
Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q286864
SYMPTOMS
In a Word document, when you click the Back button on the Web toolbar, you can only go back to the immediately previous location. After you browse back one time, the Back button then becomes unavailable, which prevents you from returning to earlier links. The Forward button also becomes unavailable and you cannot browse forward to the previously followed link either.
RESOLUTION
Service Pack Information
This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack
Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing to further ensure product quality. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Office XP Service Pack that contains this fix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The global version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Size File name ----------------------------------------- 21-Feb-2003 20:57 5,681,184 Winword.msp 21-Feb-2003 21:40 6,637,612 Winwordff.msp
After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this fix will have the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name ---------------------------------------------------- 21-Feb-2003 01:20 10.0.5018.0 10,603,080 Winword.exe
This fix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) fix. To install the fix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2
Additionally, you may have to install Windows Installer 2.0 to install this fix. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement for post-Office XP SP-2 fixes, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
330537 OFFXP: Office XP Updates and Patches Released After September 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0
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 first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about using hyperlinks to browse to different locations in a Word document, click Microsoft Work Help on the Help menu, type hyperlink in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.
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