WD2000: Text Box May Disappear After Saving As Word 6.0/95

ID: Q224741

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you have a text box containing a table and a Microsoft Graph 2000 chart, when you save your Word 2000 document as Word 6.0/95, the text box may appear to be deleted from the Word document.


CAUSE

This problem may be caused when the horizontal position of the text box is formatted relative to the page instead of relative to the column (default), and the text box is anchored to a table in the text area of the document.

For example, this problem occurs when a text box containing a table and a Microsoft Graph 2000 Chart object is formatted with an absolute horizontal position of -2.5 inches to the left of Page and is anchored to a table located in the text area of the document.


WORKAROUND

To prevent this problem from occurring when you save the document as Word 6.0/95, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Change the horizontal picture position relative to column.

Use the following steps to change the horizontal position of the text box relative to the column, instead of relative to the page:
  1. Click to select the text box containing the table and Microsoft Graph 2000 Chart.


  2. On the Format menu, click Text Box.


  3. On the Layout tab, click Advanced.


  4. On the Picture Position tab, change the to the left of box to Column.


  5. Click OK to close the Advanced Layout dialog box.


  6. Click OK to close the Format Text Box dialog box.


Now when you save your Word document as Word 6.0/95, the text box containing the table and Microsoft Graph 2000 Chart will remain visible on the page.

Method 2: Move the text box anchor.

Move the text box anchor to the left of text that is not contained inside a table within the text area of the document.

To view the anchor of the text box, do the following steps:
  1. Click to select the text box.


  2. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  3. On the View menu, click to select Object anchors and then click OK.



RESOLUTION

To prevent this problem from occurring when you want to save your Word document, turn off the Disable features not supported by Word 97 option using the following steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  2. On the Save tab, click to select the Disable features not supported by Word 97 check box.


  3. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.



STATUS

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

Additional query words: 


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

Last Reviewed: June 4, 1999