WD: Using the Split Subdocument Icon May Create Empty Documents

ID: Q121108

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

• No subdocument is created when you choose the Create Subdocument icon and the active document is a one-paragraph document.

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• Empty or "phantom" subdocuments appear in newly opened master documents. These documents are often saved as M.DOC or M#.DOC, where # represents a number starting at 1.

WORKAROUND

Click the subdocument icon, and then press DELETE to remove any empty subdocuments.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: subdocuments sub-documents empty phantom master document split

Keywords          : kbui winword 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
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: December 4, 1998