Find Record in Database Loses Track of the Record Number
Article ID: 177892
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac
This article was previously published under Q177892
SYMPTOMS
In a data document, when you search a data list using the Find feature in
the Data Form dialog box until you find a match, and you then do the
following:
- Search for the next match until there are no more matches found
-and-
- In the Data Form dialog box, click to view the next record,
the record number advances, but the field data is not updated to reflect
the change.
NOTE: To use the Find feature with a database, click Data Form on the Database
toolbar, and click the Find button.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the last match found is the next-to-the-last
record in your data list.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, after clicking to view the next record, do
either of the following:
- Move back one record and then move forward to update the display.
-or-
- Click the Next Record button again to update the display.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: OFF98 WD2001 source sort filter search data
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