WD97: Display Icon Changes After Clicking Undo Convert Object

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you convert an object that displays an icon, and then click Undo, the icon that Word uses to represent the object is smaller in size and different in appearance.

CAUSE

This problem occurs then you use the following steps:

1. On the Insert menu, click Object.

2. Click the type of object you want to insert.

3. Click Float Over Text and click Display as Icon.

4. Click OK.

5. Select the object in the document.

6. On the Edit menu, point to the type of object you inserted and click Convert.

7. Clear the Display As Icon check box and click OK.

8. On the Edit menu, click Undo Convert Object.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem after you insert the object, use the following steps:

1. Select the object in the document.

2. On the Edit menu, point to the object type, and click Convert.

3. Select the Display As Icon check box and clear the Float Over Text check box.

4. Click OK.

To work around this problem before you insert the object, clear the Float Over Text check box in the Insert Object dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.