WD97: Text in Text Box Missing, Truncated in Online Layout View

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Text placed inside a text box is truncated or is missing when you view your document in online layout view.

WORKAROUND

Method 1: Resize the text box using the following steps:

          a. Select the text box.

          b. On the Format menu, click Text Box, and then click the Size
             tab.

          c. In the Format Text Box dialog box, under Size and Rotate,
             change the Height and Width measurements, and then click OK.

             NOTE: You may need to repeat steps a through c several times
             before you achieve the desired result.

          a. Select the text box.

          b. On the Format menu, click Text Box, and then click the Text
             Box tab.

          c. Click the Convert To Frame button. In the message box warning
             you that formatting may be lost when you convert the drawing
             object, click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Word 97 provides two type of containers for text: text boxes and frames.

A text box is static: Its size does not change as you type additional text inside the text box. Instead, the text will wrap below the bottom of the text box. The text below the bottom of the text box will not be printed or displayed in online layout view.

A frame is dynamic. In other words, the frame automatically grows to accommodate additional text that you type inside the frame.