Excel Dialog Box Pastes as Tabs and Numbers in WinWord

 Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
Article ID: Q81151
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

Dialog boxes created with version 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0 of the Microsoft Excel Dialog Editor are not directly compatible with Microsoft Word for Windows WordBasic. When used with WordBasic, these Excel dialog boxes appear as tabs and numbers.

MORE INFORMATION

Word for Windows comes with a Dialog Editor that works correctly with WordBasic. To use dialog boxes created with the Excel Dialog Editor in a WordBasic document, these dialog boxes must first be converted to Word for Windows dialog boxes.

To determine which Dialog Editor you are using, choose About Dialog Editor from the File menu. The following table lists the Dialog Editor version numbers for Excel and Word: 

Product Name                  Dialog Editor Version Number
------------                  ----------------------------

Word for Windows 6.0          6.0
Word for Windows 2.0          2.40.018
Excel for Windows 5.0         VB for Applications
Excel for Windows 3.0         3.0
Excel for Windows 4.0         4.0
For more information on the Word for Windows Dialog Editor, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

    and dialog and editor

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 787-92

Kbcategory: kbusage kbmacro KBSubcategory: kbtable

Additional query words: word basic 1.x 2.0 word6
winword 2.0 2.0a 2.0a winword2 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Keywords : kbtable
Version : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
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