Q123435 - Error Messages Appear in Place of Field Codes After Conversion

Error Messages Appear in Place of Field Codes After Conversion

Q123435

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SYMPTOMS

Error messages appear in place of field codes or embedded objects in documents converted between international versions of Word 2.x for Windows.

CAUSE

Field formatting switches are not converted, even though field names are. Those field switches, which are the same in both languages, do not display error messages.

Note that field names are converted with a backslash in front of them (for example, {DATEINAME} becomes {\FILENAME} rather than {FILENAME}). This backslash does not affect the field's functionality in U.S. Word--Word just ignores it.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Save the document in Rich Text Format before opening it in the international version of Word. When you open the Rich Text Format version of the document in the target version of Word, the switches will appear correctly.

Method 2: Display field codes and replace foreign field switches with their English equivalents.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word versions 2.x for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word version 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

The tables below show English and German equivalents.

Field Code Switch Equivalents


   English Switch            German Switch
   --------------            -------------

   CAPS                      ALLEINITIAL
   FIRSTCAP                  INITIAL
   LOWER                     KLEINSCHRIFT
   UPPER                     GROSSSCHRIFT
   ALPHABETIC                ALPHABETISCH
   ARABIC                    ARABISCH
   CARDTEXT                  GRUNDTEXT
   DOLLARTEXT                WAHRUNGSTEXT
   HEX                       HEX
   ORDINAL                   ORDNUNGSZAHL
   ORDTEXT                   ORDTEXT
   ROMAN                     ROMISCH
   CHARFORMAT                ZEICHENFORMAT
   MERGEFORMAT               FORMATVERBINDEN
   0 (Zero)                  0
   # (Number sign)           #
   x                         x
   . (dot)                   , (comma)
   , (comma)                 . (dot)
   - (minus sign)            - (minus sign)
   +                         +
   positive; negative        positiv; negativ
   positive; negative; zero  positiv; negativ; null
   d MMMM, yyyy              tt. MMMM jjjj
   d-MMM-yy                  tt.MM.jjjj
   MM/dd/yy                  tt.MM.jj
   MM/dd/yy hh:mm AM/PM      tt.MM.jj HH:mm
   MMM-yy                    MMM. jj
   MMMM d, yyyy              MMMM t, jjjj
   MMMM, yy                  MMMM jj
   M, MM, MMM, MMMM          M, MM, MMM, MMMM
   d, dd, ddd, dddd          t, tt, ttt, tttt
   yy, yyyy                  jj, jjjj

Formula Equivalents


   English          German
   -------          ------
   =ABS             =ABS
   =AND             =UND
   =AVERAGE         =MITTELWERT
   =COUNT           =ANZAHL
   =DEFINED         =DEFINIERT
   =FALSE           =FALSCH
   =IF              =WENN
   =INT             =GANZZAHL
   =MAX             =MAX
   =MIN             =MIN
   =MOD             =REST
   =NOT             =NICHT
   =OR              =ODER
   =PRODUCT         =PRODUKT
   =ROUND           =RUNDEN
   =SIGN            =VORZEICHEN
   =SUM             =SUMME
   =TRUE            =WAHR

References to Table Cells


   English          German
   -------          ------
   [RnCn]           [ZnSn]

Field Name Equivalents


   English                       German
   -------                       ------
   ASK                           FRAGE
   AUTHOR                        AUTOR
   AUTONUM                       AUTONR
   AUTONUMLGL                    AUTONRDEZ
   AUTONUMOUT                    AUTONRGLI
   COMMENTS                      KOMMENTAR
   CREATEDATE                    ERSTELLDAT
   DATA                          STEUERDATEI
   DATE                          AKTUALDAT
   EDITTIME                      N/A in GER
   EQ (switches are same, but    FORMEL (switches are same, but
   commas are used instead of    semicolons are used instead of
   semicolons)                   commas)
   FILENAME                      DATEINAME
   FILLIN (switches are same)    EINGEBEN (switches are same)
   FTNREF                        FNREF
   GLOSSARY                      BAUSTEIN
   GOTOBUTTON                    GEHEZU
   IF                            WENN
   IMPORT                        IMPORT
   INCLUDE(switches are same)    EINFUGEN
   INDEX (switches are same)     INDEX (switches are same)
   INFO                          INFO
   KEYWORDS                      SCHLUSSEL
   LASTSAVEDBY                   GESPEICHERTVON
   LINK (switches are same)      VERKNUPFUNG (switches are same)
   MACROBUTTON                   MAKRO
   MERGEFIELD                    DATENFELD
   MERGEREC                      DATENSATZ
   NEXT                          NACHSTER
   NEXTIF                        NWENN
   NUMCHARS                      ANZZEICH
   NUMPAGES                      ANZSEIT
   NUMWORDS                      ANZWORT
   PAGE                          SEITE
   PAGEREF                       SEITENREF
   PRINT (switches are same)     DRUCK (switches are same)
   PRINTDATE                     DRUCKDAT
   QUOTE                         ANGEBEN
   RD                            RD
   REF                           REF
   REVNUM                        VERSION
   SAVEDATE                      SPEICHERDAT
   SEQ (switches are same)       SEQ (switches are same)
   SET                           BESTIMMEN
   SKIPIF                        UBERSPRINGEN
   STYLEREF (switches are same)  DFVREF(switches are same)
   SUBJECT                       THEMA
   SYMBOL (switches are same)    SONDZEICHEN (switches are same)
   TC (switches are same)        INHALT (switches are same)
   TEMPLATE                      VORLAGE
   TIME                          ZEIT
   TITLE                         TITEL
   TOC (switches are same)       VERZEICHNIS (switches are same)
   USERADDRESS                   BENUTZERADR
   USERINITIALS                  BENUTZERINIT
   USERNAME                      BENUTZERNAME
   XE (switches are same)        XE (switches are same)

Additional query words: 2.00a 2.00a-cd 2.00b 2.00c winword textconv international foreign field backslash slash

Keywords : kbconversion
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