Incorrect Status Bar Message with No Annotations

ID: Q116216

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

When the open document contains no annotations and you highlight the unavailable (dimmed) Annotations command on the View menu, the following message displays in the status bar:

Opens the annotation pane for reading annotations (toggle)

When a command is not available, the following message should be displayed in the status bar:

This command is not available because the document does not contain <commandname>

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed above. This problem was corrected in Word version 7.0 for Windows 95 and Word 6.0 for Windows NT.

Additional query words: 6.00a annotation status bar error 6.00c word6 winword incorrect inactive greyed grayed dim

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS
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