Linked Text Icon Lost in Saved WordPad Document

 Last reviewed: March 27, 1997
Article ID: Q132596
95 WINDOWS kbtool kbole

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95, versions 7.00, 7.0b

SYMPTOMS

If you use the Paste Special command to link text from Microsoft Word for Windows or Microsoft Excel for Windows into WordPad with the Display As Icon option enabled, the icon is missing after you save, close, and open the document. Instead, the text of the link is displayed. If you try to restore the icon using the Object Properties command, a distorted icon is displayed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbtool kbole
KBSubcategory: posfest win95

Additional reference words: 95 word6 winword xl7 off7

Keywords : posfest win95 kbole kbtool
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: March 27, 1997
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