WV: Open For Editing from Word Viewer Creates Instance of Word

ID: Q166058

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you select the option to open a file for editing in Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000, a new instance of Microsoft Word is started even if there is an instance of Word already running.


STATUS

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


MORE INFORMATION

To open a file for editing, you must have Microsoft Word installed on your computer. To open a file for editing from inside Microsoft Word Viewer, follow these steps:

  1. Open the document in Word Viewer. (On the File menu, click Open and select the document you want to open.)


  2. After the document is open in Word Viewer, you can edit it in Microsoft Word. To do this, click Open for editing on the File menu.


Microsoft Word starts and the document opens in Word.


REFERENCES

For more information about Word Viewer 97-2000, please see the following Knowledge Base article:

Q165908 WV: How to Obtain Microsoft Word Viewers

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta kbviewer word97 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 29, 1999