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Q166058: WD97: Open for Editing from Word Viewer Creates Instance of Word

Article: Q166058
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbdta kbviewer word97
Last Modified: 19-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you select the option to open a file for editing in Microsoft Word Viewer
97-2000, a new instance of Microsoft Word is started even if there is an
instance of Word already running.


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.

MORE INFORMATION
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To open a file for editing, you must have Microsoft Word installed on your
computer. To open a file for editing from inside Microsoft Word Viewer, follow
these steps:

1. Open the document in Word Viewer. (On the File menu, click Open and select
  the document you want to open.)

2. After the document is open in Word Viewer, you can edit it in Microsoft Word.
  To do this, click Open for editing on the File menu.

Microsoft Word starts and the document opens in Word.

REFERENCES
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For more information about Word Viewer 97-2000, please see the following
Knowledge Base article:

  

  Q165908 WV: How to Obtain Microsoft Word Viewers

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta kbviewer word97 
Technology        : kbWordViewerSearch kbViewerSearch kbWordViewer97
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbbug

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