WD2000: ErrMsg: "Error! Not a Valid Link" Opening Document in Word 98 Macintosh Edition

ID: Q224636

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Word 2000 document containing a link in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the following error message appears:

Error! Not a valid link.


CAUSE

The result of the LINK field is lost when a Word 2000 document is opened in Word 98 Macintosh Edition.


WORKAROUND

To retain the result of a LINK field when you open your document in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, save your document in Word 2000 as Rich Text Format (*.rtf). Then open the Rich Text Format version of your document in Word 98 Macintosh Edition.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: June 30, 1999