KB165527 - WD97: Outline Numbering Incorrect After Saving to HTML

Article ID: 165527

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q165527

SYMPTOMS

If your document contains more than 8 levels of numbering, then your numbering may be incorrect after you save the document as HTML.

CAUSE

The HTML conversion process only supports eight levels of numbering, while Word supports up to nine.

RESOLUTION

Use Internet Explorer 3.0 or later to view the HTML document. The HTML that is written when you save from Word as HTML is correct. The numbering problem is a limitation to the HTML import process when opening the HTML document in Word.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Following, is an example of a correctly formatted list and how this list whould look once you save it as HTML and reopen it in Word.

   The Correct List
   ----------------
   1. Level 1
     1. Level 2
       1. Level 3
         1. Level 4
           1. Level 5
             1. Level 6
               1. level 7
                 1. Level 8
                   1. Level 9

   The Incorrectly Converted List
   ------------------------------
   1. Level 1
     1. Level 2
       1. Level 3
         1. Level 4
           1. Level 5
             1. Level 6
               1. level 7
                 1. Level 8
                   2. Level 9    <-- Level 9 is being ignored and is being
                                     considered to be part of level 8

REFERENCES

For more information about saving documents as HTML, click the Office Assistant, type HTML conversion limitations, click Search, and then click "Learn what happens when you save a Word 97 document as a Web page."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

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