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Q157544: WD97: Cannot Link More Than 32 Text Boxes

Article: Q157544
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbualink97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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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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The maximum number of text boxes you can link together is 32 (31 links). If you
attempt to link to a 33rd text box, no error message appears, text does not flow
into the text box, and no link is formed.

CAUSE
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This feature is by design for Word 97.

Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes in functionality and
product design. For more information about how to submit suggestions, please
click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q114491 How to Contact the Microsoft Wish Program


WORKAROUND
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To work around this feature, use one of the following methods:

Method 1: Change the Text Box Size
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Increase the size of your existing text boxes to hold more text without the need
for additional linked text boxes.

1. Click the text box whose size you want to change.

2. Drag a sizing handle until the text box is the size you want.

Method 2: Change the Text Point Size
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Decrease the point size of the text in the linked text boxes.


MORE INFORMATION
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You can link two or more text boxes so that text flows between them as you type.
You can also create text box links among shapes, such as circles, banners, and
flow chart shapes. A text box or shape can have only one forward, or next, link
and one backward, or previous, link. The maximum number of links you can have in
one sequence is 31, linking together 32 text boxes or shapes.

For more information about linking text boxes:

Click the Office Assistant, type "How do I link text boxes?", and then click
Search. Click the topic "Flow text to another part of my document with linked
text boxes".

Additional query words: 97 8.0 textbox textboxes autoshapes shape 33 word97

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Keywords          : kbualink97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbprb

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