Q115605 - WD6X: MacWord SET & ASK References Become MERGEFIELDS in Word 6x

WD6X: MacWord SET & ASK References Become MERGEFIELDS in Word 6x

Q115605

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.1a, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a, 6.0.1
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

A field in a Word 5.x for the Macintosh print merge main document that references the result of a SET or ASK field is converted to a MERGEFIELD field in Word 6.0. The expected behavior is that it would become a REF field in a document or main document and a MERGEFIELD only if originating from a print merge data document.

For example, if a Word 5.1a for the Macintosh document contains the following:

<<ASK name=? What is your name?>>
<<name>>

When you display the field codes, you would expect to see:


   {ASK name "What is your name?"}
   {REF name}

Instead, the field codes appear as:


   {ASK name "What is your name?"}
   {MERGEFIELD name}

RESOLUTION

The MERGEFIELD field produces the same result as the REF field, so no workaround is necessary.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the product versions listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0.

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Keywords : kbinterop wordnt kbfield winword ntword macword word6 word7 word95 wordconvert
Issue type : kbbug
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch