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You receive a “Word cannot obtain the data for Word.Document.8.link” error message when you paste text from a Word 2003 document as a link

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Article ID:828389
Last Review:July 27, 2006
Revision:2.3

SYMPTOMS

When you try to paste text from one Microsoft Office Word 2003 document as a link in another Microsoft Word document, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
Word cannot obtain the data for Word.Document.8.link
Note This error message does not always occur.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, save, close and then reopen the source document.
APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Office Word 2003

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