Subdocuments Not Recognized Converting WinWord/MacWord (122404)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
This article was previously published under Q122404 SYMPTOMS
A document created using the Master Document feature in Word for the
Macintosh version 6.x or later is not converted properly when you open it
in Word for Windows version 6.x or later. Instead, you receive the
following error message during conversion:
The subdocument: <path>\<file name> is missing.
Do you want to open the master document without the subdocument?
In this error message, the path and file name are truncated to eight
characters with a three-character extension. Each folder (directory) and
the file name are preceded by an exclamation point (!). CAUSE
Word is searching for the subdocuments based on their original path and
file names and, hence, does not recognize the names given to the
subdocuments during the conversion process.
WORKAROUND
To recover the functionality of the master document, you must reinsert the
subdocuments. As you reinsert each subdocument, you are providing Word with the current path and file name of each subdocument.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, document number WB51157-1093,
pages 547-567
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/25/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB122404 |
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