WD2000: "This feature is disabled..." Error Message When You Set a Double Border on a Table (321193)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q321193

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Word 2000 and you try to apply a double border to a table in a document that was created in Microsoft Word 6.0 or Microsoft Word 95, you may receive the following error message:
This feature is disabled because it is not compatible with Microsoft Word 6.0/95.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because when you open a Word 6.0 or a Word 95 document in Word 2000, several features in Word 2000 are marked as not compatible so that you can save the document in the original format of the document. The double-border format was incorrectly marked as not compatible with Word 6.0 and Word 95 file formats.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack


The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. 
    Date         Time    Size       File name
   ------------------------------------------------------
   07-May-2002   00:35       2,882  Readme.txt
   07-May-2002   00:13   4,024,396  Winword.msp
   07-May-2002   01:37   4,671,136  Winword_admin.msp
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later: 
    Date         Time   Version     Size       File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   06-May-2002   17:49  9.0.0.6502  8,814,644  Winword.exe

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kbOffice2000preSP3fix KB321193
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