Article ID: 157546
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
This article was previously published under Q157546
SYMPTOMS
If you create an embedded object in a Word 6.x or 7.x document, open the
document in Word 97, and save the document in Word 6.0/95 format, or Rich
Text Format (RTF), you can view but not edit the object when you reopen the
document in Word 6.x or 7.x. When you double-click the object, you get the
following error message:
Word cannot edit the object.
In addition, the field code for the object displays as:
{Embed Unknown}
This problem affects new documents created in Word 97 and opened in Word
6.x or 7.x. this also occurs with documents created in Word 95, opened in
Word 97, and saved as Word 6.0/95 format or RTF, and then reopened in Word
6.x or 7.x.
This problem does not prevent the object from displaying or printing; it
only affects your ability to edit the object.
CAUSE
When you save the document in Word 6.0/95 format or Rich Text Format on a
computer that has Word 97 installed, the embedded object is updated to the
version of the server program on the computer. For example, an Equation
Editor object is updated to Equation Editor 3.0; when you reopen the
document in Word 6.x or 7.x where the updated version of the server
application is not available, Word cannot identify the server and you can
no longer edit the object.
WORKAROUND
There is no workaround currently available.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for
Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97 SaveAs
Keywords: KB157546