WD97: "Unknown Switch Argument" Error Opening Danish Word 2000 Document

ID: Q243014

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

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

SYMPTOMS

In Danish Word 97, after you open and update a Danish Word 2000 document that contains fields, the following error message may be displayed in your Word document:

Unknown switch argument

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the field switches contained in the fields in the Danish Word 2000 document are in English (US) and are not translated into Danish.

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

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

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 English (US) field switches with their Danish equivalents. NOTE: To turn on field codes in your Word document, press ALT+F9. The following table lists the Danish field switch name and their English (US) equivalent.

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 word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb