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WD97: Text from Drop-Down Form Field Disappears When Converted

Article ID: 196523

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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SYMPTOMS

When you save a Word document in another file format, and the document contains drop-down form fields, the text of the drop-down form fields is missing from the document when you reopen it.

Text typed in text form fields is preserved.

WORKAROUND

To maintain the text in the drop-down form fields, save the file as Text Only With Line Breaks. Note that this method places a hard carriage return (paragraph mark) at the end of each line.

Additional query words: field codes dropdown checkbox

Keywords: kbbug kbconversion kbfield kbpending KB196523


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