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WD98: Embedded Word 97 ActiveX Controls Become Pictures

Article ID: 177742

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q177742

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Word 97 for Windows document in Word 98 Macintosh Edition, ActiveX controls (for example a button or a check box) will be converted to pictures. These pictures will not have ActiveX functionality.

If you save the document from Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the controls are converted permanently. That is, once you save the document, you cannot recover the ActiveX functionality by re-opening the document in Word 97 for Windows.

CAUSE

By design, Word 98 Macintosh Edition does not support ActiveX controls.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

Keep and maintain a backup copy of the original Word 97 for Windows document before saving it in Word 98 Macintosh Edition.
In Word 97 for Windows, replace the picture of the ActiveX control with the ActiveX control that was lost.

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