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WD97: Extended Characters Corrupt After Editing MacWord Document

Article ID: 153194

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q153194

SYMPTOMS

When you open a document in Word 97 after editing the document in Word 6.x for the Macintosh, extended characters may become corrupt.

CAUSE

There is a problem with the conversion of the Macintosh ANSI extended character set.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

MORE INFORMATION

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

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