Article ID: 178921
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q178921
SYMPTOMS
When you open a Microsoft Word 97 file in Microsoft Word 6.
x, running on Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, using the Word 97
converter (Wrd97cnv.exe) for Word 6.
x, you receive the following
error message and cannot open the file:
Out of Memory
When you click OK, you receive the following message:
Word Could Not Open The Document <path\document name>
CAUSE
The document contains more than 24 hyperlinks and you are using the
original version of the Word 97 converter that shipped with Office or Word
97.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, install the most recent version of the Microsoft Word 97-2000 Import Converter.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for
Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 SR-1.
For more information about SR-1, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1
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