WV: RTF Link in Netscape Starts New Instance of Word Viewer

Q166066

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you follow a link to an .rtf (Rich Text Format) file from within Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000 starts as a stand-alone application (it is not started from within Netscape Navigator).

If you follow an Internet link to a .doc file from inside Netscape Navigator, the file starts Word Viewer from within Navigator.

NOTE: Internet links to .rtf and .doc files correctly start Microsoft Word Viewer in-place from Microsoft Internet Explorer.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.


REFERENCES

For more information about Word Viewer 97-2000, please see the following Knowledge Base article:

Q165908 WV: How to Obtain Microsoft Word Viewers

Additional query words: compass in-situ inplace

Keywords : kbdta kbviewer word97
Issue type : kbbug
Technology : kbWordSearch kbPTNotAssigned kbWordViewerSearch


Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999
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