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WD97: "Cannot Open File" Error in INCLUDETEXT Field

Article ID: 196765

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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SYMPTOMS

When you insert an INCLUDETEXT field in a Microsoft Word document, the following error message appears in place of the field results:
Error! Cannot open file.

CAUSE

When you manually insert an INCLUDETEXT field in your document, one of the following may be causing the error message:

  • The file path has a space in the folder or file name.

    For example:

    {INCLUDETEXT c:\\my<space>documents\\test.doc}

    -or-
  • The file path does not include double-backslashes separating the folders and/or file name.

    For example:

    {INCLUDETEXT "c:\my documents\test.doc"}

RESOLUTION

You must enclose the path and file name in quotation marks if there are spaces in any part of the path or file name and you must use double-backslashes in the path to separate the folder and/or file name in an INCLUDETEXT field.

For example:

{INCLUDETEXT "C:\\My Documents\\Test.doc"}

-or-

{INCLUDETEXT C:\\Documents\\Word\\Test.doc}


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