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Q155983: WD97: InsertBreak Statement Inserts a Carriage Return

Article: Q155983
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you run a macro that uses the InsertBreak statement following an Insert
statement, Word 97 inserts a paragraph mark after the inserted text. This
behavior is different from previous versions of Word.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, add the Type:=0 parameter as in the following sample
code:

  Sub Test()

      WordBasic.FileNewDefault
      WordBasic.Insert "This is some text"
      WordBasic.InsertBreak Type:=0

  End Sub


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

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97 winword

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Keywords          : kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug

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