Article ID: 153194 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 1.2

WD97: Extended Characters Corrupt After Editing MacWord Document

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SYMPTOMS

When you open a document in Word 97 after editing the document in Word 6.x for the Macintosh, extended characters may become corrupt.
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CAUSE

There is a problem with the conversion of the Macintosh ANSI extended character set.
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RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).
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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
151261  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151261/EN-US/ ) OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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