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Q166066: WV: RTF Link in Netscape Starts New Instance of Word Viewer

Article: Q166066
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 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 follow a link to an .rtf (Rich Text Format) file from within Netscape
Navigator, Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000 starts as a stand-alone application (it
is not started from within Netscape Navigator).

If you follow an Internet link to a .doc file from inside Netscape Navigator, the
file starts Word Viewer from within Navigator.

NOTE: Internet links to .rtf and .doc files correctly start Microsoft Word Viewer
in-place from Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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.

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: compass in-situ inplace

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

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