WD6: Internet Assistant Can't Use Find Command Within FTP Object

• Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, version 1.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

After connecting to an FTP Uniform Resource Locator (URL), when you attempt to find something within that FTP OLE object, you will get Word's Find dialog box instead of Internet Assistant's dialog box, and you will not be able to find your text string. This behavior occurs in the following situations:

• When the OLE object is active and you choose the Find button on the Internet Assistant browse-mode toolbar.

  -or-

• When you divert focus from the OLE object by clicking in the document area, and then choose either the Find button or the Find command on the Edit menu.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because of a design limitation in Word. Word's Find dialog box does not support searching within an OLE object. If the FTP OLE object is not active, you can use the Find command to search within the document only.

WORKAROUND

To find information within the FTP object, do one of the following:

Method 1: Double-click on the FTP object to open it (the object displays

          with a slashed or hatched border), then from the Edit menu,
          choose Find.

          does not display with the hatched border) and choose Open
          InternetWorks Internet Assistant Document from the shortcut
          menu. In InternetWorks, you can use the Find button on the
          toolbar or the Find command from the Edit menu. To return to
          the document, from the File menu, choose Exit & Return to
          <Document>.