WD2000: Cannot Activate Linked Object After Changing Layout of Source

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

After you change the wrapping style of a Microsoft Excel 2000 Worksheet object that is linked to another object in your document, you may receive the following error message when you attempt to activate the other object:

Microsoft Word can't start the application required to open this object. An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning properly. Would you like to repair this feature now?

The server application, source file, or item cannot be found. Make sure the application is properly installed, and that it has not been deleted, moved, or renamed.

CAUSE

Microsoft Word loses reference to the bookmark included in the link of the Microsoft Excel object when you change the wrapping style of the object.

NOTE: The bookmark included in the object link is a hidden bookmark. To see references to a hidden bookmark, do the following:

1. On the Insert menu, click Bookmark.



2. In the Bookmark dialog box, click to select the Hidden bookmarks check box.

WORKAROUND

Do not change the wrapping style of the linked object. Instead, if you want text to flow around linked objects, place them inside a table. For example, if you want the linked objects to appear side-by-side in your document, create a 1 row by 2 column table, and then insert the Excel worksheet object in one table cell and the linked object in the other table cell.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

To change the wrapping style of an object, do the following:

1. Click to select the object.



2. On the Format menu, click Object.



3. On the Layout tab, click to select the wrapping style that you want.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug