ID: Q120573
The information in this article applies to:
Word 6.0c for Windows was created primarily to provide support for Lotus Notes Field Exchange (FX); however, a few problems were also corrected or addressed. This article describes the new Lotus Notes/FX support and problems in Word versions 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows that are corrected in the Word 6.0c upgrade.
If you are experiencing one of the problems listed below or want to take advantage of the added Lotus Notes/FX support, you should obtain Word 6.0c.
1. Some master document problems corrected (includes updated online Help)
2. Word 2.x templates updated and improved for Word 6.0
3. Support for Word 6.0 for the Macintosh PICT graphic format
4. WordBasic errors in Word for the Macintosh running Word for the
Macintosh macro that has been edited in Word for Windows
6. Includes Word optimization document: SPEEDUP.DOC
7. Updated file converters and graphics filters
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Word 6.0c supports Lotus Notes/FX and includes extensive online Help about this new functionality.
If Lotus Notes version 3.0 is installed on your computer, the Word Setup program modifies your Notes configuration so Notes can open Word documents. With Word 6.0c, you can import a Word document into Lotus Notes, and you can also export Lotus Notes text in Microsoft Word Rich Text Format (RTF).
Once you embed a Word document in a Lotus Notes form, you can display predefined Word fields. Most of the predefined Word fields that Lotus Notes can display are found in the summary information for the Word document. For example, you can create fields within a Lotus Notes form that display the title and author of the Word document.
You can also create Word bookmarks that Lotus Notes can use as fields. For example, you can define a bookmark that marks some important text in your Word document. Give the bookmark a name using prop_ as a prefix and then use the bookmark name (without the prefix) as a field in a Lotus Notes form or views of the form. The bookmarked text now appears in Lotus Notes without opening the Word document object. If you change the text in either the Word object or Lotus Notes, the change will be reflected in both applications. In other words, changes in Word are reflected in the Lotus Notes field and changes in Lotus Notes field are reflected in the embedded Word object.
For more information about using Lotus Notes with Word 6.0c double-click the Help button on the Standard toolbar, and then type "lotus notes" (without the quotation marks).
1. Some master document problems corrected (includes updated online Help)
Due to a Windows system limitation, in Word 6.0 or 6.0a, when you save a
master document that contains many (usually around 30 or more)
subdocuments, one of the following error messages may occur:
Word cannot save or create this file. Make sure the disk is not
write protected.
-or-
The disk is full or too many files are open.
The File Save operation fails when the supply of available Windows file
handles is exhausted. As a safeguard, Word temporarily renames your
documents with temporary filenames during the save operation. Normally,
the temporary files are then properly renamed back to the original
document names once the save operation is complete. When the File Save
operation fails due to a lack of Windows file handles, however, one or
more of the subdocument temporary files may not get renamed to the
original document name. While the subdocument still exists as a
temporary file, it appears to be deleted because Word cannot locate it.
IMPORTANT: This problem occurs due to a Windows system file handle
limitation. This problem may not occur in Word 6.0 for other operating
systems, such as Word 6.0 for the Macintosh.
Word 6.0c partially fixes this problem. In Word 6.0c for Windows, a
master document may still exhaust the supply of available Windows file
handles. However, when you save, Word 6.0c checks the number of
available file handles as it performs the save and displays an error
message if it cannot save the next subdocument due to insufficient
available file handles. Word then asks if you want to collapse some of
the subdocuments into the master document. (This is the same as choosing
the Remove Subdocument button on the Master Document toolbar.) If you
choose Yes, Word collapses subdocuments into the master document until
enough file handles are available to save the master document and the
remaining subdocuments. By moving the contents of some subdocuments to
the master document, Word prevents the appearance of data loss that may
occur in Word 6.0 and 6.0a.
Word collapses subdocuments in the following order:
1. Word removes the most deeply nested subdocuments first.
2. Word starts removing subdocuments at the end of the master document
and works upward to the beginning.
3. Word removes unsaved subdocuments or subdocuments whose file handles
are only referenced first by the subdocument.
Note: If Word 6.0c cannot remove enough subdocuments to successfully
save the document, the save operation fails.
Documentation Error: Page 534 of the Word for Windows "User's Guide"
incorrectly states that the maximum number of subdocuments is 80. For
most systems and most master documents, this maximum is closer to 30
subdocuments, depending on both the state of the system at the time and
the complexity of the document.
For more information about these settings, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q113908
TITLE : Troubleshooting Guide: Master Document Error Messages
Word 6.0c includes some of the templates supplied with Word 2.x,
converted to Word 6.0 format. These converted letter and memo templates
run without the known errors that occur when you run the unconverted
Word 2.x templates in Word 6.0. They use the address lists and other
custom settings you created in Word 2.x by copying them from the Word
2.x templates into the updated Word 6.0 templates. Below are the names
of the converted Word 2.x templates supplied with Word 6.0c:
Template Filename Description
----------------- -----------
LETBLOCK.DOT Block Letter
LETPERSN.DOT Personal Letter
LETMDSEM.DOT Modified Semi-Block Letter
LETMODBK.DOT Modified Block Letter
MEMO2.DOT Memorandum
Note: An Application Note is available from Microsoft Product Support
Services (PSS) that contains all the converted Word 2.x templates. In
addition to the five templates listed above, the "WD0264: Updated Word
2.x Templates for Use with Word 6.0" Application Note contains the
ARTICLE2.DOT, DISSERT2.DOT, FAX.DOT, PRESS.DOT, PROPOSAL.DOT,
REPLAND.DOT, REPSIDE.DOT, REPSTAND.DOT, and TERM2.DOT templates. For
more information about this Application Note, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q112458
TITLE : WD0264: Updated Word 2.x Templates for Use with Word 6.0
In Word 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows, if you open a Word 6.0 for the
Macintosh document that contains a graphic, the following message
appears in place of the image:
Use Word 6.0c or later to view Macintosh picture.
Word version 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows can neither display nor print a
PICT graphic in a converted Word 6.0 for the Macintosh document. Word
version 6.0c correctly displays and prints PICT graphics.
For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q118830
TITLE : WD6X: Exchanging Documents Between MacWord 6.0 and
WinWord 6.0
ARTICLE-ID: Q116258
TITLE : WD6X: "Use Word 6.0c or Later to View Macintosh Picture."
Macintosh Macro that Has Been Edited in Word for Windows
The following problem is partially fixed in Word 6.0c:
If you edit and save a cross-platform macro in Word 6.0 and 6.0a for
Windows, Word for Windows deletes Macintosh-specific commands (such as
MacID$) from the macro. For example, if you open and edit, then save
changes to the following cross-platform macro in Word 6.0 or 6.0a for
Windows,
Sub MAIN
a$ = MacID$("TEXT")
End Sub
the macro appears as shown below when you open it in Word for the
Macintosh (notice that the Macintosh-specific MacID$ command is
missing):
Sub MAIN
a$ = ("TEXT")
End Sub
In other words, Word 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows delete unknown Macintosh
commands from your macros when you edit, or "dirty," them in Word 6.0
and 6.0a for Windows.
Word 6.0c does not delete unknown commands from your macros when you
edit them. Instead of deleting the Macintosh-specific command, Word 6.0c
replaces it with an "Unrecognized_Command" string, or token. For
example, if you create the following macro in Word 6.0 or 6.0a for
Windows,
Sub Main
a$ = MacID$("TEXT")
End Sub
save and close the macro, and then re-open it in Word 6.0c for Windows,
the macro will be changed to the following:
Sub Main
a$ = Unrecognized_Statement33134("TEXT")
End Sub
Note: "33134" is the token identification number for the "MacID$"
command. Word 6.0c for Windows does not automatically replace the token
ID with the Macintosh-specific WordBasic token command. To restore the
Macintosh token IDs so your macro will run without errors in Word for
the Macintosh, you must "dirty" the macro in Word for the Macintosh
(that is, you must change the macro before you run it).
In other words, while Word 6.0c for Windows no longer deletes any
unrecognized commands, it still does not automatically change the token
IDs back to Macintosh-specific WordBasic commands in your macro. To work
around this limitation when you create a cross-platform macro in Word
6.0c for Windows, be sure to dirty the macro once in Word 6.0 for the
Macintosh. You can then distribute your cross-platform macro, and it
will run without missing-token errors.
The following Word 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows problem is corrected in Word
6.0c:
In Word 6.0 and 6.0a, text from a table row that spans a page break may
print again in the bottom margin of the preceding page. Specifically, if
one or more cells in a table row span a page break and if the table row
also contains a cell on the right side of the page-spanning cell that is
blank or does not span the page break, text from the following page
sometimes prints in the bottom margin. For example, if cell B spans the
page break between pages 3 and 4 and cell C is only one line long on
page 3, the column B text at the top of page 4 also prints in the bottom
margin of page 3.
IMPORTANT: Word 6.0c does not address a similar problem that you can
resolve by turning off the Background Printing option. To determine
whether you need Word 6.0c, turn off Background Printing, and then print
your document. If text continues to print in the bottom margin of the
previous page, you should obtain Word 6.0c. If the problem no longer
occurs after you turn off Background Printing, your problem is not
addressed in Word 6.0c.
This problem does not occur in Word 6.0 for the Macintosh.
For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q112870
TITLE : Multiple-Page Table Rows May Display or Print Incorrectly
Word 6.0c includes a new document, SPEEDUP.DOC, which contains the
recently published "How to Optimize the Performance of Word 6.0"
Application Note (WD1015). SPEEDUP.DOC describes how you can increase
the operating speed of Word 6.0 for Windows when it is running under
Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 or
3.11. (Word Setup installs SPEEDUP.DOC in the Word for Windows program
directory.)
Word 6.0c provides the following updated file converters:
- WordPerfect and DisplayWrite.
- Word 6.0 for Windows. (This is the converter other applications use
to read Word 6.0 documents.)
- RFT-DCA.
For more information about updated file converters, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q120462
TITLE : WD6x: WordPerfect 5.x Converter Enhancements in WinWord
6.0c
The table below lists the major problems fixed by the updated graphics filters.
Graphics Problem Fixed in Filter
Filter Supplied with Word 6.0c
-------- -----------------------
.GIF Inserted CompuServe GIF(.GIF) graphic file displays
(GIFIMP.FLT) as solid blackbox in Word 6.0 and 6.0a. With Word
6.0c, .GIF files display and print correctly as
pictures.
.TIF If a Tagged Image File Format (.TIF) graphic file is
(TIFFIMP.FLT) both compressed and smaller than 500 kilobytes, the
following error may occur when you insert it in
Word 6.0 or 6.0a:
This graphics file may be damaged
and cannot be converted.
This problem may not occur if the graphic file is
compressed and larger than 500K or uncompressed
and smaller than 500K. The .TIF graphics filter
supplied with Word 6.0 and 6.0a has problems
reading file sizes less than 500K. The above error
does not occur when you use the .TIF graphic filter
supplied with Word 6.0c.
.TIF Some .TIF files display in reverse or inverted colors
(TIFFIMP.FLT) (for example, black displays as white and white as
black), or the following error occurs:
This graphics file may be damaged
and cannot be converted.
The Word 6.0c .TIF filter imports these .TIF pictures
correctly.
.PCX The following error may occur when you insert some
(PCXIMP.FLT) small PC Paintbrush (.PCX) graphics files in Word 6.0
or 6.0a:
This file may be damaged or corrupted.
Specifically, this error occurs using .PCX files,
such as the following, that were created using
third-party utilities that generate an incorrect .PCX
file header:
ClickArt files (by T/Maker Christian Images
Library, [415] 962-0195):
CROSS_28.PCX
CROSS_27.PCX
CROSS_91.PCX
CROSS_03.PCX
TEXAS.PCX
WYOMING.PCX
PENN.PCX
CALIF.PCX
Sampler Images Disk files (by Parsons Technology,
[319] 395-7314):
TORCH.PCX
FIDDLER.PCX
MEDICALS.PCX
When you use the .PCX filter supplied with Word 6.0c,
to import these files, no errors occur and the
pictures display correctly.
All German Word for If you insert a .PCX picture after you install any of
Windows Graphics the graphics filters supplied with the German
Filters localized version of Word 6.0 or 6.0a for Windows,
the Cancel button in the conversion status dialog box
is partially missing. (The conversion status dialog
box displays the percentage completed for the graphic
conversion.)
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Version : 6.0c
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: June 26, 1998