WD: Text from Drop-Down Form Field Disappears When Converted

ID: Q132564

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you save a Word document in another file format and the document contains drop-down form fields, the text of the drop-down form fields is missing from the document when you reopen it.

Text typed in text form fields is preserved.

WORKAROUND

To maintain the text in the drop-down form fields, save the file as Text Only With Line Breaks. Note that this method places a hard carriage return (paragraph mark) at the end of each line.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: field codes dropdown checkbox

Keywords          : kbconversion wordnt word8 kbfield macword98 ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: December 3, 1998