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Q181256: WD97: Application Error Saving File w/Graphic to WordPerfect 5.x

Article: Q181256
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): word97kbbuglist
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, used with:
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you save a document that contains a graphic in WordPerfect 5.x format, the
following error message may appear:

  An application error has occurred and an application error log is being
  generated.

  Wpgexp32.flt.

NOTE: This problem occurs in Windows NT 4.0; however it does not occur in Windows
95.

WORKAROUND
==========

Save your document in the WordPerfect 5.x format on a Windows 95 computer.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The WordPerfect Graphics export filter (Wpgexp32.flt) is used by the WordPerfect
5.x export converter when you save Word documents to the WordPerfect 5.x format.
The filter converts images embedded in a document to the WordPerfect Graphics
1.0 format.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : word97 kbbuglist
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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