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WD97: File "Being Edited by Another Word Session" Err Msg Truncated

Article ID: 184945

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q184945

SYMPTOMS

The error message

<File name> was being edited by another Word session. If you save this
document with the original name, you will overwrite any changes made in
the other session.

Do you want to save the document using the original name anyway?

may appear truncated (shortened).

CAUSE

Error messages are limited to 255 characters.

If <file name> is long, the error message is truncated by the total number of characters over 37 in the file name.

NOTE: Some characters in the message, such as carriage returns are not visible.

WORKAROUND

The truncated error message causes no data loss. In most cases, the correct response is to click No, and save the file using a different file name.

STATUS

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

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB184945