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WD97: Closing Web Page or Minimizing Browser Closes Document

Article ID: 186140

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q186140

SYMPTOMS

When you click a hyperlink to view a Web page in a browser, the document in Word closes.

NOTE: To return to the document containing the hyperlink, click the Back button in your browser.

STATUS

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

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior occurs when you click a hyperlink to a Web page in a saved Word document. In contrast, if you click a hyperlink to a Web page in an unsaved Word document, Word does not close the document.

For additional information about hyperlinks, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

159940 WD97: General Information About Hyperlinks

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