WD2000: Text from Drop-Down Form Field Disappears When Converted

ID: Q212100

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you save a Word document in Text format (.txt), and the document contains drop-down form fields, the drop-down form fields and their text are missing from the document when you reopen it.

Text typed in text form fields is preserved.

WORKAROUND

To maintain the text in the drop-down form fields, save the file as "Text Only with Line Breaks". Note that this method places a hard carriage return (paragraph mark) at the end of each line.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: field codes dropdown checkbox

Keywords : kbdta kbconversion kbfield wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug