OFF95: Pipe Character in Comments Field in Properties Dialog

ID: Q129991

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Windows 95, when you view the file properties for a Microsoft Excel or a Microsoft Project file, the Comments field may contain a pipe character (|).

CAUSE

This behavior occurs with files that you create in Microsoft Project version 4.0 or Microsoft Excel version 5.0 if you enter multiple lines in the Comments field (by pressing ENTER between the lines) in the Summary Info dialog box. For example, if you enter the following comment in the Summary Info dialog box in a Microsoft Project version 4.0 file

Comment1
Comment2
Comment3

the comment appears as follows when you view the Comments field in Microsoft Windows 95:

Comment1|Comment2|Comment3

Multiple line comments in a Microsoft Project 4.0 file or a Microsoft Excel 5.0 file are displayed with the pipe character when you view the Comments field in the Properties dialog box from either a folder in My Computer, a folder in the Explorer, or by opening the file in Microsoft Project version 4.1 or Microsoft Excel version 7.0.

Note that this behavior does not occur with multiple line comments in Microsoft Word version 6.0 documents or Microsoft PowerPoint version 4.0 slides.

WORKAROUNDS

To work around this behavior, you can use any of the following methods.

Method 1: Open the file again in Microsoft Project version 4.0 or Microsoft Excel version 5.0 and modify the Comments field so that it contains only one line of text.

Method 2. Open the file in Microsoft Project version 4.1, or Microsoft Excel version 7.0, and modify the Comments field. You can delete the pipe character and enter a carriage return. The carriage return is displayed correctly in Windows 95 when you save the file in these applications.

Additional query words: 4.00 5.00 incorrect wrong

Keywords : projwin offwin xlwin
Version : WINDOWS:4.1,95; Win95:7.0; winnt:3.51
Platform : Win95 WINDOWS winnt
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