WD: Text from Input Macro Command Truncated After Comma

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SYMPTOMS

In WordBasic, the Input macro command truncates text if your input text contains a comma.

• In Word for Windows versions 2.x, 6.x and 7.x, the text is truncated from the first comma to the end of the input text.
  
  For example, if you input,

  Doe, John

  the status bar result will be:

  Doe




• In Word for Windows version 1.x, the text is truncated from the character immediately preceding the first comma to the end of the input text.
  
  For example, if you input,

  Doe, John

  the status bar result will be:

  Do

WORKAROUND

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Additional query words: winword2 cut off

Keywords : kbmacro wordnt kbwordvba winword macword word6 winword2 word7 word95 macword6 word
Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a,2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug