WD: Word 97: Drawing Objects Incorrect (File Opened in 6.x or 7.

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you open a document containing drawing objects in Word 6.0 or Word 7.0, one or more of the following symptoms may occur:

• Auto Shapes (Drawing Objects) are displayed as outlines
• Half circular objects appear as complete circles
• Drawing objects are incomplete

CAUSE

The document was saved from Word 97 as Word 6.0/95 or Rich Text Format (RTF) before you opened the file in Word 6.0 or Word 7.0.

WORKAROUND

To get the best conversion results for drawing objects between Word 97 and previous versions of Word, use the Word 97 converter. For information about how to obtain the converter, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q162214
   TITLE     :How to Obtain the Word 97 Converter

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. Click the General tab, click the "Confirm conversion at Open" check box to select it.

3. Click OK.

4. Open the Word 97 document containing the drawing objects.

NOTE: You will have better results with the Word 97 converter for Word 7.0 (Mswrd832.cnv) than with the Word 97 converter for Word 6.0 (Msword8.cnv). Note also that there may still be some incomplete or incorrect drawing objects when you open the file in either Word 6.0 or Word 7.0, even when you use the Word 97 converter.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.