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WD97: Application Error Saving File w/Graphic to WordPerfect 5.x Format

Article ID: 181256

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

This article was previously published under Q181256

SYMPTOMS

When you save a document that contains a graphic in WordPerfect 5.x format, the following error message may appear:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

Wpgexp32.flt.

NOTE: This problem occurs in Windows NT 4.0; however it does not occur in Windows 95.

WORKAROUND

Save your document in the WordPerfect 5.x format on a Windows 95 computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The WordPerfect Graphics export filter (Wpgexp32.flt) is used by the WordPerfect 5.x export converter when you save Word documents to the WordPerfect 5.x format. The filter converts images embedded in a document to the WordPerfect Graphics 1.0 format.

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