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Q191376: WD97: Tabs Button Doesn’t Work with Envelopes and Labels

Article: Q191376
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta winword word97
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 the Envelopes And Labels dialog box (on the Tools menu, click Envelopes And
Labels), when you click the Tabs button on the Indents and Spacing tab
(right-click in the Address box on the Labels tab, and then click Paragraph on
the shortcut menu), Word returns to the Labels tab and the Tabs dialog box is
not displayed.

NOTE: The Tabs dialog box is displayed after you click Print, New Document, or
Cancel in the Envelopes And Labels dialog box.

WORKAROUND
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Click Cancel to close the Tabs dialog box.

NOTE: If you set a tab in the Tabs dialog box, the tab will be set at the
insertion point of the active document.

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.

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION
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In Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, when you are using paragraph formatting in the
Address box on the Labels tab, the Tabs button on the Indents and Spacing tab
should be unavailable as in earlier versions of Microsoft Word for Windows.

Additional query words: 8.0

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Keywords          : kbdta winword word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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