WD97: File Saved in RTF Has Extra Language Property

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you save a document in Rich Text Format (RTF) and then reopen it, the Normal style will have an extra language property associated with it. To see this extra language property, select some text formatted with the Normal style, click Style on the Format menu, and look in the Description section of the Style dialog box.

In general, the Normal style is associated with the English (United States) language property. However, when you save a document in RTF format and then re-open the document in Word 97, the Language property for the Normal style will be changed to (FE) English (United States) and (Other) English (United States).

NOTE: This behavior is different from earlier versions of Word. Note also that this problem does not occur if you create a custom style with a language property and then save the file in RTF.

CAUSE

Word 97 stores multiple language tags for the Normal style. Saving a file to RTF exposes these settings, and they become visible when you reopen the document and view the language settings of the Normal style.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about Word 97 and multilingual support, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157478
   TITLE     : What's new in Word 97