Word 2002 (Word XP) articles, fixes and updates - April 2018

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Word 2002 (Word XP) that have been released in April 2018. The list is daily updated.

• 930940 The page numbers on the table of contents are displayed incorrectly when you open a .docx document by using an earlier version of Word Q930940 KB930940 April 23, 2018
• 901124 The BACKSPACE key does not function as expected in Word Q901124 KB901124 April 23, 2018
• 867838 Office XP document in a SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft document library opens as read-only in Internet Explorer Q867838 KB867838 April 23, 2018
• 837827 You receive a "Setup cannot update the file" error message when you install Office XP SP3 Q837827 KB837827 April 23, 2018
• 329309 Office files that are saved to a network drive take an unexpectedly long time to save in Word, Excel, Powerpoint 2002 and 2003 Q329309 KB329309 April 23, 2018
• 309360 How to use East Asian languages in Word 2003 and in Word 2002 on computers that are running on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 Q309360 KB309360 April 23, 2018
• 292121 You are unable to edit a merge field in a table cell in Word Q292121 KB292121 April 23, 2018
• 290935 You receive error messages when you start the Visual Basic Editor from Word 2002 Q290935 KB290935 April 23, 2018
• 290362 The limitations of graphics import filters in Word 2003 and in Word 2002 Q290362 KB290362 April 23, 2018
• 287004 The hyperlinks do not work in a merged HTML e-mail message in Word 2002 Q287004 KB287004 April 23, 2018
• 283021 The label address is printed with formatting different from the template format in Word Q283021 KB283021 April 23, 2018
• 262605 The Microsoft Common Speller API (CSAPI) for Office spell checking Q262605 KB262605 April 23, 2018
• 212346 How to create a table of contents and index with field codes in Word Q212346 KB212346 April 23, 2018
• 835413 Missing clips appear with the title Dglxasset.aspx when you search for clips in Office Q835413 KB835413 April 22, 2018
• 318756 PRB: Excel and Word Content Do Not Stream as Expected from ASP .NET Q318756 KB318756 April 22, 2018
• 311014 How to enable European language support for Word on computers that are running on Windows Server 2003, on Windows XP, or on Windows 2000 Q311014 KB311014 April 22, 2018
• 286821 Nothing happens when you try to view the description or location in the Show Repairs dialog box in Word Q286821 KB286821 April 22, 2018
• 239930 How to obtain built-in constant values for an Office application Q239930 KB239930 April 22, 2018
• 936695 Issues that are fixed in the update to the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Q936695 KB936695 April 21, 2018
• 925082 The icon is blank when you insert an object or a file into a document, presentation, spreadsheet, or other Microsoft Office file Q925082 KB925082 April 21, 2018
• 555843 Cant add page numbers, headers or footers to a word 2007 document Q555843 KB555843 April 21, 2018
• 329820 How to use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in Q329820 KB329820 April 21, 2018
• 908475 You cannot embed an Adobe OpenType font in a document in an Office program Q908475 KB908475 April 20, 2018
• 905431 You receive an "Incorrect function" error message when you try to save a file from an Office program to a CD-RW or a DVD/CD-RW drive Q905431 KB905431 April 20, 2018
• 895089 Very few clip art items are available in the results box of the Clip Art task pane in Office XP, in Office 2003, and in the 2007 Office system Q895089 KB895089 April 20, 2018
• 555221 WD: How to Troubleshoot a Visual Basic Compile or Runtime Error in Word Q555221 KB555221 April 20, 2018
• 555220 WD: How to Troubleshoot a Visual C++ Runtime Error in Word Q555220 KB555220 April 20, 2018
• 308983 How to specify trusted sources for Digital Certificates in Excel, in PowerPoint, in and Word Q308983 KB308983 April 20, 2018
• 290537 EXD files are created when you insert controls Q290537 KB290537 April 20, 2018
• 289508 How to view error signatures if an Office program experiences a serious error and quits Q289508 KB289508 April 20, 2018
• 282085 Description of task panes in Office programs Q282085 KB282085 April 20, 2018
• 840817 How to extract information from Office files by using Office file formats and schemas Q840817 KB840817 April 19, 2018
• 820764 You cannot specify some color values by using the Pantone system in Office programs Q820764 KB820764 April 19, 2018
• 330079 How the behavior of the Word fields changes after you install the Word update Q330079 KB330079 April 19, 2018
• 329849 Error message: "Word cannot bring up the Properties dialog box because the printer returned an error" Q329849 KB329849 April 19, 2018
• 329842 Error message when you try to print in Word 2002 or in Word 2007: "Word cannot print" Q329842 KB329842 April 19, 2018
• 319719 How to determine whether any COM add-ins are loaded in Word Q319719 KB319719 April 19, 2018
• 306348 How to programmatically save each page or section of a document as a separate file Q306348 KB306348 April 19, 2018
• 306338 Sample macro that uses a loop to find text in Word documents Q306338 KB306338 April 19, 2018
• 305216 How to track and manage changes in a Word 2002 and a Word 2003 document Q305216 KB305216 April 19, 2018
• 297680 Options used for "Smart cut and paste" settings in Word Q297680 KB297680 April 19, 2018
• 292744 BUG: Automation client receives an error message or crashes when the client calls the Find object in Word Q292744 KB292744 April 19, 2018
• 292582 You receive an invalid character error message when you install Office XP and Office 2003 Q292582 KB292582 April 19, 2018
• 292161 Error message when you try to stop repagination in Word: "Word must complete pagination before displaying the selected text in Print Layout View" Q292161 KB292161 April 19, 2018
• 292132 Error message calling for newer version of MT Extra font when you use MathType tool in PowerPoint and in Word Q292132 KB292132 April 19, 2018
• 292127 Insert Address button does not use AddressLayout AutoText entry in Word Q292127 KB292127 April 19, 2018
• 292115 You cannot use right-click or toolbar to turn balloons on and off in Print Layout view in Word Q292115 KB292115 April 19, 2018
• 292104 Word does not automatically capitalize the letter "i" Q292104 KB292104 April 19, 2018
• 292072 Landscape-oriented page is not scaled to paper size when the Word document is printed Q292072 KB292072 April 19, 2018
• 291313 A new instance of Word appears to run when you create or open an additional document in Word 2000 and in later versions of Word Q291313 KB291313 April 19, 2018
• 291178 You receive an error message or the program stops responding when you try save a file in Word 2002 and in Word 2003 Q291178 KB291178 April 19, 2018
• 290978 WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters Q290978 KB290978 April 19, 2018
• 290961 How to start Word with a template other than the Normal template in Word Q290961 KB290961 April 19, 2018
• 290960 Macro virus warning appears when no macros exist in the file in Word Q290960 KB290960 April 19, 2018
• 288387 Avery Wizard Setup cannot locate Word Q288387 KB288387 April 19, 2018
• 282571 Spanish (Mexico) language is not enabled in Office language settings tool in Word Q282571 KB282571 April 19, 2018
• 276862 Description of the SHAPE field in Word Q276862 KB276862 April 19, 2018
• 276004 "My Data Sources" is always displayed in the Select Data Source Look In list in Word Q276004 KB276004 April 19, 2018
• 275976 Word document opens as read-only when you try to programmatically open the document Q275976 KB275976 April 19, 2018
• 275968 A multilevel numbered list changes when you paste a list into a new document in Word Q275968 KB275968 April 19, 2018
• 273969 A word in the AutoCorrect Exceptions list is still corrected in Word Q273969 KB273969 April 19, 2018
• 259413 How to troubleshoot problems that may occur when you start or work in Word 2000, in Word 2002, and in Word 2003 Q259413 KB259413 April 19, 2018
• 258513 How to paste a Rich Text Format string into Word with Visual Basic Automation Q258513 KB258513 April 19, 2018
• 253542 How to create a Word Combo box that has more than 25 items from a Microsoft Access Database Q253542 KB253542 April 19, 2018
• 233396 How to reduce the chances of macro virus infection in Word Q233396 KB233396 April 19, 2018
• 224338 Error message in Word: "800A175D - Could Not Open Macro Storage" Q224338 KB224338 April 19, 2018
• 214203 Page breaks incorrectly if you insert a continuous section break between footnotes in Word Q214203 KB214203 April 19, 2018
• 212054 Some fields are updated while other fields are not Q212054 KB212054 April 19, 2018
• 211219 How to code the ENTER key to move between form fields in a protected form in Word Q211219 KB211219 April 19, 2018
• 209205 Macros to generate lists of available fonts in Word Q209205 KB209205 April 19, 2018
• 900645 When you open the Word document that is attached to the e-mail message, you are prompted to merge the changes from the attached document into the original version of the document Q900645 KB900645 April 18, 2018
• 888950 You receive a "Word failed to start correctly last time" error message when you start Word 2007, Word 2003, or Word 2002 Q888950 KB888950 April 18, 2018
• 828958 Resources to help you activate a license in Microsoft Office programs Q828958 KB828958 April 18, 2018
• 828656 Spell checker does not detect some misspelled words in Word Q828656 KB828656 April 18, 2018
• 826857 Description of the "/a" startup switch in Word Q826857 KB826857 April 18, 2018
• 826214 How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the Save As dialog boxes in Office Q826214 KB826214 April 18, 2018
• 325671 Description of Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Q325671 KB325671 April 18, 2018
• 316126 How to use Visual C# to automate a running instance of an Office program Q316126 KB316126 April 18, 2018
• 315041 Cannot access the Internet with ZoneAlarm or ZoneAlarm Pro installed after you upgrade to a later version of Office Q315041 KB315041 April 18, 2018
• 311015 How to enable right-to-left language support for Word 2003 and Word 2002 on computers that are running on Windows Server 2003, on Windows XP, or on Windows 2000 Q311015 KB311015 April 18, 2018
• 311013 How to enable South Asian language support for Word 2007, for Word 2003, or for Word 2002 on computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 Q311013 KB311013 April 18, 2018
• 306258 How to create a combo box that contains more than 25 items in Word 2002 Q306258 KB306258 April 18, 2018
• 302901 How to build an Office COM add-in by using Visual C# .NET Q302901 KB302901 April 18, 2018
• 302596 Error message when you have the Adobe PDFMaker add-in installed Q302596 KB302596 April 18, 2018
• 301659 How to automate Microsoft Word to perform Mail Merge from Visual C# Q301659 KB301659 April 18, 2018
• 301595 No records are displayed when you merge data with Microsoft Word Q301595 KB301595 April 18, 2018
• 296717 PRB: Internet Explorer Prompts User to Open/Save Office File Streamed from ASP Q296717 KB296717 April 18, 2018
• 296493 You receive an error message when you start the program or work with a document in Word 2003 or Word 2002 Q296493 KB296493 April 18, 2018
• 294695 How to use mail merge to create faxes in Word 2002 and in later versions of Word Q294695 KB294695 April 18, 2018
• 293861 How to use Word automation to count the number of pages in each section of a document Q293861 KB293861 April 18, 2018
• 292491 Office automation when multiple versions of Office are installed Q292491 KB292491 April 18, 2018
• 292151 Hidden bookmarks remain after you remove \h switch from TOC field in Word Q292151 KB292151 April 18, 2018
• 292145 Tables, bullets, or numbers in reviewing pane are not printed in Word Q292145 KB292145 April 18, 2018
• 292129 Word stops responding when you save changes to a mail merge document Q292129 KB292129 April 18, 2018
• 292090 The text in a text box does not appear in Word Q292090 KB292090 April 18, 2018
• 292069 Readability statistics incorrect or missing in Word Q292069 KB292069 April 18, 2018
• 291335 Page borders may be displayed or printed incorrectly in Word 2002 and in Word 2003 Q291335 KB291335 April 18, 2018
• 291152 You receive a "Word couldn't send mail because of MAPI failure" error message when you try to send a Word document as an e-mail attachment in Word 2002 Q291152 KB291152 April 18, 2018
• 290984 How to print a range of pages in a multiple-section document in Word 2002 Q290984 KB290984 April 18, 2018
• 290948 You cannot recover a document that is protected with a password if the password is lost in Word Q290948 KB290948 April 18, 2018
• 290408 Frequently asked questions about mail merge in Word 2002 Q290408 KB290408 April 18, 2018
• 287247 Description of the Arial Unicode MS font in Word 2002 Q287247 KB287247 April 18, 2018
• 286891 You may not access Excel worksheets by using MS Query Q286891 KB286891 April 18, 2018
• 286789 How to select items that are not next to each other Q286789 KB286789 April 18, 2018
• 286374 Frequently asked questions about the task pane in Word 2002 and in Word 2003 Q286374 KB286374 April 18, 2018
• 286023 How to use a VB ActiveX component for Word automation from Internet Explorer Q286023 KB286023 April 18, 2018
• 285050 How to use outline levels to create a table of contents (TOC) in Word 2003 and in Word 2002 Q285050 KB285050 April 18, 2018
• 284752 How to use the Paste Options button when pasting into a bulleted or numbered list Q284752 KB284752 April 18, 2018
• 279090 Cannot click to activate hyperlink Q279090 KB279090 April 18, 2018
• 277010 Description of the "Make local copy of files stored on network or removable drives " option in Word 2003 and in Word 2002 Q277010 KB277010 April 18, 2018
• 276515 Fonts are missing from the Font list when you click the Font box on the Formatting toolbar in Word Q276515 KB276515 April 18, 2018
• 275969 Cannot select non-contiguous text with the keyboard Q275969 KB275969 April 18, 2018
• 275957 Applying the Normal style does not remove all font formatting in Word Q275957 KB275957 April 18, 2018
• 275955 ~$Normal.dot template file is not automatically deleted in Word Q275955 KB275955 April 18, 2018
• 274289 Cannot start other Word version when multiple versions are installed Q274289 KB274289 April 18, 2018
• 273971 Multilevel list formatted with outline numbering is numbered incorrectly in Word Q273971 KB273971 April 18, 2018
• 273955 When you apply a double border to a paragraph in a Word document, and then save it as a Web page, the double border appears as a single border in Internet Explorer Q273955 KB273955 April 18, 2018
• 269565 How to automate Word to set and retrieve section header and footer information Q269565 KB269565 April 18, 2018
• 258512 How to automate Word from Visual Basic to create a mail merge for mailing labels Q258512 KB258512 April 18, 2018
• 258511 How to obtain the window handle for an Office Automation server Q258511 KB258511 April 18, 2018
• 250501 How to automate Word from Visual FoxPro and add a table to a document Q250501 KB250501 April 18, 2018
• 242243 How To embed and automate Office documents with Visual Basic Q242243 KB242243 April 18, 2018
• 238972 Using Visual C++ to automate Office Q238972 KB238972 April 18, 2018
• 238611 How to embed and automate a Word document with MFC Q238611 KB238611 April 18, 2018
• 220911 How to automate Microsoft Word to perform a mail merge using Visual C++ and MFC Q220911 KB220911 April 18, 2018
• 190985 How to get IDispatch of an Excel or Word document from an OCX Q190985 KB190985 April 18, 2018
• 937422 How to turn off automatic spelling checking and automatic grammar checking in Office programs Q937422 KB937422 April 17, 2018
• 925451 When you create a document in a right-to-left language or in a complex script language by using Word 2007, and then open the document in Word 2002 or in Word 2000, any right-to-left language text is reversed Q925451 KB925451 April 17, 2018
• 912940 The page numbers in the table of contents are incorrectly displayed when you open a document in Word 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2010 Q912940 KB912940 April 17, 2018
• 904805 The printer settings are ignored when you print a Word document Q904805 KB904805 April 17, 2018
• 903771 Information about the ability to uninstall Office updates Q903771 KB903771 April 17, 2018
• 895456 How to change the product key for Office XP, for Office 2003, and for the 2007 Office system Q895456 KB895456 April 17, 2018
• 886549 You receive an "Error 1606" error message when you try to install or remove a Microsoft program Q886549 KB886549 April 17, 2018
• 884202 You must accept the Office End User License Agreement every time that you start an Office program Q884202 KB884202 April 17, 2018
• 839369 The OCR tool in Microsoft Office Document Imaging does not retain text format styles in Word Q839369 KB839369 April 17, 2018
• 838675 You receive error messages when you start Word Q838675 KB838675 April 17, 2018
• 832897 The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word Q832897 KB832897 April 17, 2018
• 825765 You receive the "Opening this will run the following SQL command" message when you open a Word mail merge main document that is linked to a data source Q825765 KB825765 April 17, 2018
• 822924 Description of Office features that are intended to enable collaboration and that are not intended to increase security Q822924 KB822924 April 17, 2018
• 813990 You receive an error message when you change a document that is formatted for columns in Word Q813990 KB813990 April 17, 2018
• 322198 How to add a custom dictionary in Word Q322198 KB322198 April 17, 2018
• 320473 Excel data does not retain its formatting in mail merge operations in Word Q320473 KB320473 April 17, 2018
• 318118 How to use the Mail Merge feature in Word to create and to print form letters that use the data from an Excel worksheet Q318118 KB318118 April 17, 2018
• 313937 Microsoft Office stops responding when you try to open or save a file Q313937 KB313937 April 17, 2018
• 313472 "The document is locked for editing by another user" error message when you try to open a document in Word Q313472 KB313472 April 17, 2018
• 312589 The Menu bar or the Minimize, Restore, and Close buttons are missing in Excel and in Word Q312589 KB312589 April 17, 2018
• 310515 How to turn off and turn on the Automatic Numbered-List Feature in Word Q310515 KB310515 April 17, 2018
• 309364 How to create a picture bulleted list in Word Q309364 KB309364 April 17, 2018
• 308340 How to check and remove incorrect project references in the Visual Basic Editor in Word Q308340 KB308340 April 17, 2018
• 306281 How to store and retrieve variables in Word documents Q306281 KB306281 April 17, 2018
• 305129 How to create a new folder in Word Q305129 KB305129 April 17, 2018
• 304662 How to use the WebBrowser control to open Office documents in Visual C# 2005 or in Visual C# .NET Q304662 KB304662 April 17, 2018
• 297564 Description of the "White space between pages" option in Word Q297564 KB297564 April 17, 2018
• 294697 How to perform a mail merge with an Outlook Contacts list in Word Q294697 KB294697 April 17, 2018
• 294685 How to use mail merge to create envelopes in Word Q294685 KB294685 April 17, 2018
• 292106 Changes to default language settings are not retained in Word Q292106 KB292106 April 17, 2018
• 292074 Section break causes an unexpected page break in Word Q292074 KB292074 April 17, 2018
• 291470 How to place text over a graphic in Word Q291470 KB291470 April 17, 2018
• 291291 How to set the default font in Word Q291291 KB291291 April 17, 2018
• 291174 Error message when you attempt to print or fax document: "No printers are installed" Q291174 KB291174 April 17, 2018
• 291156 You receive a “There has been a network or file permission error. The network connection may be lost” error message when you work over a network in Word Q291156 KB291156 April 17, 2018
• 290974 Double-clicking a document icon does not open the document in Word Q290974 KB290974 April 17, 2018
• 290966 How to create a custom label or modify an existing label in Word Q290966 KB290966 April 17, 2018
• 290964 You receive an error message when you try to print a document in which margins of section are set outside the printable area of the page in Word Q290964 KB290964 April 17, 2018
• 290952 How to embed a TrueType font in a document Q290952 KB290952 April 17, 2018
• 290943 Frequently asked questions about grammar proofing in Word Q290943 KB290943 April 17, 2018
• 290228 "Cannot connect to the FTP server" error message when you access an FTP site in Office Q290228 KB290228 April 17, 2018
• 290142 How to open documents from FTP site and save documents to FTP site with Office programs. Q290142 KB290142 April 17, 2018
• 288902 GetObject and CreateObject behavior of Office automation servers Q288902 KB288902 April 17, 2018
• 286889 You cannot center the text in a column of an inserted table in Word Q286889 KB286889 April 17, 2018
• 286875 The address block in Word may not be in the correct format for all countries that use the same language Q286875 KB286875 April 17, 2018
• 286791 How to create and apply a table stripe style in Word Q286791 KB286791 April 17, 2018
• 286310 Description of behaviors of AutoExec and AutoOpen macros in Word Q286310 KB286310 April 17, 2018
• 285332 How to automate Word with Visual Basic to create a Mail Merge Q285332 KB285332 April 17, 2018
• 284956 Blue wavy lines that appear under text indicate Format Consistency Checker is working in Word Q284956 KB284956 April 17, 2018
• 284927 Description of the Smart Tags in Word Q284927 KB284927 April 17, 2018
• 284897 Autoformat converts some hyphens to long dashes in Word Q284897 KB284897 April 17, 2018
• 284842 How to use the Paste Options button to paste data into a table in Word 2002 and in Word 2007 Q284842 KB284842 April 17, 2018
• 283806 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) functions break in a database with missing references Q283806 KB283806 April 17, 2018
• 275995 How to restore a mail merge main document to a normal Word document in Word Q275995 KB275995 April 17, 2018
• 274002 A2 envelope size is unavailable for some printers in Word Q274002 KB274002 April 17, 2018
• 246299 How to add a button to a Word document and assign its Click event at run-time Q246299 KB246299 April 17, 2018
• 233493 Troubleshooting guide for unwanted page breaks Q233493 KB233493 April 17, 2018
• 224351 The Dsofile.dll files lets you edit Office document properties when you do not have Office installed Q224351 KB224351 April 17, 2018
• 212318 How to copy text and graphics from Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files Q212318 KB212318 April 17, 2018
• 212270 Limitations when you save a Word document as a Web page Q212270 KB212270 April 17, 2018
• 211607 Frequently asked questions about Word macro viruses Q211607 KB211607 April 17, 2018
• 114222 Description of the "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" text that appears in Word Help Q114222 KB114222 April 17, 2018
• 826208 How to edit the Windows registry to clear the list of most recently used files in Office Q826208 KB826208 April 16, 2018
• 326039 Error message when you open a Office file that has a long folder name Q326039 KB326039 April 16, 2018