WD: Embedded Word 97 ActiveX Controls Become Pictures

 Last reviewed: February 18, 1998
Article ID: Q177742
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Word 97 for Windows document in Word 98 Macintosh Edition, ActiveX controls (for example a button or a check box) will be converted to pictures. These pictures will not have ActiveX functionality.

If you save the document from Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the controls are converted permanently. That is, once you save the document, you cannot recover the ActiveX functionality by re-opening the document in Word 97 for Windows.

CAUSE

By design, Word 98 Macintosh Edition does not support ActiveX controls.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

  • Keep and maintain a backup copy of the original Word 97 for Windows document before saving it in Word 98 Macintosh Edition.
  • In Word 97 for Windows, replace the picture of the ActiveX control with the ActiveX control that was lost.

Additional query words: OFF98 listbox list drop down dropdown checkbox
toggle scrollbar multiselect selection
Keywords : appsconv word8 word97 macword98
Version : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbwontfix kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: February 18, 1998
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