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Q161551: WD97: AutoSummarize Doesn’t Find Some Text to Summarize

Article: Q161551
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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Word does not summarize all the text in your document or you receive the
following error message:

  Word cannot find any text to summarize.

CAUSE
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The AutoSummarize feature does not summarize text if the text is:

- formatted in a language other than English.

- formatted as 'no proofing'.

- inside a text box.

- inside a frame.

- inside a table.

For more information about creating summaries automatically, click the Office
Assistant, type "AutoSummarize" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and
then click to view "Automatically summarize a document."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbualink97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97

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