WD2000: Err Msg: "This Page Uses Frames, But Your Browser Doesn't Support Them" in Earlier Version of Word

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Word 2000 document in an earlier version of Word, a blank document containing the following error message may be displayed:

This Page Uses Frames, But Your Browser Doesn't Support Them

CAUSE

The Word document you are trying to open is a frames page that earlier versions of Word do not support.

MORE INFORMATION

In Word 2000, a frames page is a container that hosts a group of frames. Frames are usually used in Web sites to make information easier to access or to show the contents of a Web site that has multiple pages.

For more information about frames, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type "How do I use frames?" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.


For additional information about a specific problem where a frame was inserted and deleted in a Word 2000 document, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q210041 WD2000: Error Message Opening Word 2000 Document in Earlier Version

Additional query words: frameset

Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999