WD2000: Error Message: "Unknown Switch Argument" Opening Danish Word 97 Document

ID: Q243013

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

NOTE: The information in this article applies to the Danish version(s) of Word 97.

SYMPTOMS

After you use English (US) Word 2000 to open and update a Danish Word 97 document that contains fields, the following error message may appear in your Word document:

Unknown switch argument

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the field switches contained in the fields in the document are in Danish and are not translated into English (US).

NOTE: Danish Word 97 uses English (US) field names but Danish field switches.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

Method 1: Download and Use a Macro

To download a document with a sample macro for replacing the field switches, please go to the following Microsoft Web address:

http://www.microsoft.com/Danmark/technet/news/990917_word.asp

Method 2: Manually Change the Field Switches

Turn on field codes and manually replace the Danish field switches with their English (US) equivalents.

NOTE: To turn on field codes in your Word document, press ALT+F9.

The following table lists the Danish field switch names and their English (US) equivalents.

Danish English (US)

alfabetisk alphabetic

Alfabetisk Alphabetic

arabertal Arabic

initstort Caps

maengdetekst CardText

valutatekst DollarText

foerstestort FirstCap

smaabogstav Lower

ordenstal Ordinal

ordenstekst OrdText

romertal roman

Romertal Roman

stortbogstav Upper

Fletformat Mergeformat

Tegnformat Charformat

STATUS

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

Additional query words:

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