WD97: Deleted Text from Tracked Changes Appears in HTML (163659)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q163659

SYMPTOMS

If you turn on the "Track Changes while editing" command and mark text for deletion, when you save the document as HTML and reopen the document, the deleted text appears in the document and it is not marked as deleted text (that is, it looks like normal text).

CAUSE

HTML does not support marking for tracked changes.

RESOLUTION

Accept all tracked changes before you save the document as HTML.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem does not occur in Microsoft Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior is different from Word 7.0 and Internet Assistant. These products removed text that was marked for deletion when the document was converted.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2000
Keywords:kbualink97 KB163659
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