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Q173770: WD97: Check Links Finds Some Redirected Links Are Invalid

Article: Q173770
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): winword word97 kbwdinternet
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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In Microsoft Word 97, when you run the Check Links command on a Web page that
contains redirected links, Word may find that some redirected links are broken.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, when Word prompts you that a redirected link is
broken, click Ignore in the "Check Links: Broken Link" dialog box.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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A redirected link is one that redirects you to a different Web page.

The new Check Links feature in the Web Authoring Tools Update checks each
hyperlink or linked image in a Word 97 Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document
to verify that the target destination exists. For each broken hyperlink, Word
prompts you to update the hyperlink.

For additional information about the Web AutoUpdate feature in Word, please see
the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q172747 WD97: What's New in the Web Page Authoring Tools Update

  Q163299 WD97: Web Page Authoring Tools AutoUpdate

  Q172502 WD97: Troubleshooting Setup for the Web AutoUpdate Feature

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00

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Keywords          : winword word97 kbwdinternet 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug

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