WD: Converted Graphic Has Border on Right Side
Article ID: 169776
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
This article was previously published under Q169776
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 6.x for Windows or Word 7.x for Windows 95, when you use
the Word 97 Import Converter to open a Microsoft Word 97 file containing
an OLE object, a border is added to the right side of the graphic.
CAUSE
The Word 97 Import Converters, Msword8.cnv (Word 6.
x) and Mswrd832.cnv
(Word 7.
x), do not handle OLE objects appropriately when all of the
following conditions occur:
- Initially, the file was created with an OLE object in Word 97.
- The file is opened in Word 95 using the Word 97 Import Converter.
- In Word 95, the OLE object is edited in the Picture Editor, saved
in Word 95 format, and then closed.
- The file is opened in Word 97, saved in Word 97 format, and then
closed.
- The file is opened in Word 95 using the Word 97 Import Converter.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade to the latest version of the Word 97-2000
Import Converter. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
162214 WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with certain versions of the
Word 97 Import Converter.
MORE INFORMATION
Additional query words: roundtripping ole objects converting mswrd832.cnv
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbconversion KB169776