WD: Text Lost Opening Document Containing Unicode Characters (175540)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
This article was previously published under Q175540 SYMPTOMS
When you open a Word 97 document in Word 6.x for Windows or Word 7.x for
Windows 95, some text formatted in Greek or Cyrillic fonts may be lost.
CAUSE
The Word 97 Import Converter (Mswrd832.cnv for Word 7.x and Msword8.cnv for
Word 6.x) does not support the conversion of certain Unicode character
combinations.
For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base: 157088 WD97: Limitations Converting Documents from Word 97 to 6.x/7.0
163813 Boxes in Central European, Russian, or Greek Document
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade to the latest version of the Word 97-2000
Import Converter. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
162214 How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with certain versions of the
Word 97 Import converter.
This problem is corrected in the version of the converter available
with Microsoft Office 97 SR-2.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/22/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbconversion kbfix KB175540 |
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