Re: Odd behaviour of TITLE and SUBJECT fields
From: Jay Freedman (jay.freedman_at_verizon.net)
Date: 07/20/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:33:47 -0400
I found the thread started by Kam Chan in April 2000. Bill Coan said then
that he reported the bug to MS. Apparently they fixed it in Word 2002 but
never patched Word 2000, probably because the DocProperty field is
considered a valid workaround. Since that version is now past the end of
"mainstream support"
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[LN];LifeOffice), it
probably will never be patched.
-- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Jezebel wrote: > A little Googling has found some more references to this. Apparently > it applies to the Title, Subject, and Author fields. The problem > appears only if the colon is at the end of the first word, and that > word has at least three characters, and there is no backslash > anywhere preceding it. > > My guess is that it's an unintended side-effect of Word creating a > default filename from the title. > > > > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:m21pf0pb38fpa3bo2jdet2usonotj0h3tk@4ax.com... >> I can confirm that the problem occurs in Word 2000, but not in Word >> 97, 2002, or 2003. You just got lucky in the bug sweepstakes, I >> guess. :-) >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word >> >> "Jezebel" <dwarves@heaven.com.kr> wrote: >> >>> Word 2000 is what I'm using. It's more a curiosity, I guess, since >>> using a DocProperty field is an easy work-around. >>> >>> >>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message >>> news:e5fc24ZbEHA.2760@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>>> Jezebel wrote: >>>>> If you enter a title or subject (on the File > Properties > >>>>> Summary dialog) that contains a colon -- eg "Category: >>>>> definition" then display it in the document using a { TITLE } or >>>>> { SUBJECT } field, the display shows only the text after the >>>>> colon, unless the colon is preceded by a backslash, in which case >>>>> the field displays the entire text, INCLUDING the backslash. >>>>> >>>>> However, if the value is displayed using { DOCPROPERTY TITLE } it >>>>> displays correctly. >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone shed any light on what's going on? >>>> >>>> Word 2003 doesn't have any problem with a colon in either field. >>>> When I get home tonight I'll try the other three versions I have >>>> installed there.
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