WD98: Tab Settings in Tables Lost When Saving As Text Format (176856)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q176856 SYMPTOMS
If your Word document contains a table that is formatted with tab stops and
tabs, some or all of the tabs may be lost when the document is closed and
re-opened. This problem occurs if you save the document in any of the
following formats:
- Text only
- Text Only with Line Breaks
- MS-DOS Text
- MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks
- Text With Layout--opened as Text Only
- Text With Layout--opened as Text With Layout
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
When the Word document contains a table and it is saved in one of the
formats listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article, the converter
will do different things to the tab stops and tabs within the table. The
results will vary depending on the type of format the Word document is
converted to.
For example, if you have a 2-column by 2-row table containing the following
tab stops and tabs
----------------------------------------------------------
| Left tab | Center tab |
----------------------------------------------------------
| Right tab| Decimal tab 3.445 |
----------------------------------------------------------
the result of saving a Word document will vary, depending on the format the
document is saved in.
Text Only, Text Only w/Line Breaks, MS-DOS Text, MS-DOS Text w/Line Breaks
With these formats the conversion will remove the left, center, and right
tab stops, but the tabs marks will remain. The decimal tab stops and tabs
will be removed. The columns and rows of the table will be separated by
paragraph marks. The above example will result in the following when saved
as one of these listed file formats:
--> Left<P>
--> Center<P>
--> Right<P>
3.445<P>
Text With Layout Opened as Text Only
With this format, the conversion will maintain the rows, remove the tab
stops and tabs, and will put spaces between the columns. The number of
spaces depends on location of the tab stop. The sample table resemble the
following when saved in Text With Layout and opened as Text Only:
.............Left..........................Center<P>
.................Right.................3.445<P>
Text With Layout Opened as Text With Layout
For the format of Text With Layout opened as Text With Layout, the
conversion will place all entries on one line, tab stops will be removed,
and spaces will be inserted between the entries. The number of spaces
depends on the location of the tab stop. The sample table will result in
the following when saved in Text With Layout and opened as Text with
Layout:
Left..........................Center.Right............3.445<P>
For additional information about this situation in earlier versions of
Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
155426 WD: Tabs in Tables Lost When Saving As Text With Layout
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/4/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB176856 |
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