WD97: Format Changed If Hyperlink Spans Several Paragraphs

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you format a document so that it contains a hyperlink that includes several paragraphs, the document formatting near the hyperlink may change when the document is saved in HTML format.

CAUSE

When a single hyperlink includes several paragraphs, an Internet browser may format the information much differently than Word will.

RESOLUTION

Format the hyperlink so that it only includes a single paragraph. Create a hyperlink for each paragraph if necessary.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The most common problem may occur when combining hyperlinks with bullets or numbering. Word, when dealing with the file as a Word document, will be able to apply bullets or number to the individual paragraphs. However, when the document is saved as HTML, the paragraphs contained within the hyperlink may be combined so that only one of them is numbered.

For example, here is how a document may look when formatted as a Word document. Note that in this example the entire text of the example is a single hyperlink:

   1. Item a
   2. Item b
   3. Item c

   1. Item a
   Item b
   Item c

Keywords          : word97 kbwdinternet kbinterop kbusage
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS