WD97: Text/Table Disappears Following Check Box Form Field (181361)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q181361

SYMPTOMS

When you embed a file or selected text that contains a check box form field, one or both of the following cases may occur.

Case 1

Text or other parts of the file immediately following the check box form field will be missing.

Case 2

If the check box form field is contained in a table, text and table borders following the check box will be missing.

WORKAROUND

Do not insert the file or selected text containing the check box form field as an embedded object. Use one of the following methods instead.

Method 1: Insert the File

  1. In your new document, click File on the Insert menu.
  2. Select the file that contains the check box form field, and then click OK.

    NOTE: Click the Link To File check box in the Insert File dialog box, if you want to link to the file instead of embedding the file.

Method 2: Copy and Paste the File as a Word Hyperlink

  1. In the document containing the check box form field, select the text of the document, and then on the Edit menu, click Copy.
  2. In your new document, click Paste special on the Edit menu.
  3. In the Paste Special dialog box, click to select the Paste Link button. In the "As" box, click Word Hyperlink, and then click OK.

    NOTE: Do not use Paste Special to paste the text as an object or picture because then the same problem will occur.
Word will insert a hyperlink into your new document that will be blue and underlined by default. To change the appearance of the hyperlink, follow these steps:

  1. Select the hyperlink.
  2. On the Format menu, click Font.
  3. In the Underline box, select None.
  4. In the Color box, select Auto.
  5. Click OK.
NOTE: When you click the hyperlink, Word will automatically open your linked document.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Word 2000.

REFERENCES

For more information about embedding a document, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Help Topics: Microsoft Word, type the following text

embedded objects, creating

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Create a linked object or embedded object from an existing file" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2000
Keywords:kbbug kbfield KB181361
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