WinWord: Updating Link Does Not Show Percentage Complete

ID: Q79912

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word for Windows, if you open a document that contains automatic updating links, Word for Windows prompts you to update the links. If you choose the Yes button, the status bar displays the following message:

   Updating fields, X% complete. Press ESC to cancel.

However, if you select ONE link in a Word for Windows document and press the F9 key to manually update the field, only an hourglass displays; no progress bar (or percentage complete indicator in Word 1.x and 2.x) appears on the status bar.

MORE INFORMATION

If you choose the Yes button to update automatic links in a document and press ESC to cancel the update, the status bar displays that the link was updated 100% even though it might not have been fully updated.

KBCategory: kbole kbusage KBSubcategory: kbfield Additional query words: 1.x 2.0 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword word6 7.0 word95 embed dynamic data exchange object OLE DDE 2.0a 2.0a 2.0b winword 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0a-CD winword2 word7 word97

Keywords          : kbfield 
Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 7.
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998