Knowledge Base

WD: Macintosh Word 6.x Comments Missing in File Properties

Article ID: 177859

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q177859

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.x document containing Comments on the Summary Info dialog box, into either Microsoft Word 97 for Windows or Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the Comments will not appear (on the File menu, click Properties and then click the Summary tab).

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

In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.x, the Comments field can be found by clicking Summary Info on the File menu.

In Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the comparable Comments field can be found by clicking Properties on the File menu and then clicking the Summary tab.

For additional information about the Comments property, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

166868 WD97: Properties (Summary Info) Comments in Wrong Format/Missing

177519 WD97: WD: Word 2.x File Comments Lost Upon Conversion to Word 97

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