Internet Assistant: Form Field In Ordered List Numbered Wrong

 Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q129608
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0, 1.0z, 2.0z
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95 version 7.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

Your ordered list numbers incorrectly after you insert a form field.

For example, before you insert the form field, your ordered list looks like this: 

   1. first item
   2. second item
   3. third item
   4. fourth item
   5. fifth item
If you choose Form Field from the Insert menu to insert the form field on the third item in your numbered list, your list appears like the following example. After you convert and reopen the form, the list appears without the section breaks, but the numbering appears as shown in this example. 

   1. first item
   2. second item
   =========top of form========
   1. third item  <form field>
   ========bottom of form======
   1. fourth item
   2. fifth item
If you insert the form field using the Forms toolbar, your list displays correctly until you convert and close the document. (Using this method does not display the top-of-form and bottom-of-form section breaks.) After conversion, when you reopen the document, it will look like this: 

   1. first item
   2. second item
   3. third item
   <form field>
   1. fourth item
   2. fifth item
In either case, the form will display incorrectly in your Internet browser.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0 and 1.0z. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

RESOLUTION

To correct your form, open your form as text only and edit the HTML markup. Include the list items inside the <FORM>..</FORM> tags, so that it looks something like this:

<form> <ol> <li>first item <li>second item <li>third item <input name="text1" value=""> <li>fourth item <li>fifth item </ol> </form>

KBCategory: kbusage buglist1.0 buglist1.0z
KBSubcategory: kbforms
Additional query words: iaword 6.0a 6.0c winword internet 1.0 1.0z
2.0 assistant forms ordered list item text box form field input box
checkbox ia word6
Keywords : kbforms kbwdinternet
Version : 1.0 1.0z 2.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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