To work around this problem, use any of the following
methods.
Method 1: Save Your Word Document as Rich Text Format
1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. In the Save File as Type list, click Rich Text Format
orRich Text Format (*.rtf).
NOTE: You may also want to type a new name for your
documentin the Save Current Document as box, to prevent
accidentallyoverwriting your original document.
3. Click Save.
4. On the File menu, click Close.
5. On the File menu, click Open, and open the Rich Text
Format file that you saved in steps 1-3.
NOTE: You may need to click Rich Text Format in the
ListFiles of Type list before you can see you new file. If
the Convert File dialog box appears, make sure RichText
Format (RTF) is selected, and then click OK.
6. After Word opens the Rich Text Format document, click
Save Ason the File menu, and resave your new document as a
Word document with a new file name.
NOTE: It is recommended that you not save your new Word
documentback to the original file name. Instead, save your
new Word document by using a new file name. If the problem
with thedocument has been corrected, you can delete the
problem document (the original Word document) and rename
your new Word document to the original file name later.
Method 2: Test for Invalid Object Links
To test for invalid object links in your Word document,
you need to update the fields in Word. To do this, follow
these steps:
1. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
2. Press F9.Word should display the following message on
the status bar when it is updating fields:
Word is updating the fields in the document. If an error
message appears at this point, one or more of the fields
may be invalid and may display a message similar to the
following in place of the equation object:
Error! Object cannot be created from editing field codes.
It may be possible to unlink the problem equation field,
or it may be necessary to delete the equation object and
re-create it. In either case, do one of the following:
Click to select the problem equation object. Then, press
COMMAND+SHIFT+F9 to unlink the equation object. After the
object is unlinked, you cannot edit the object in Equation
Editor. However, you may be able to save your Word
document.
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Delete and re-create the Equation Editor object. For more
information, please see method 4 later in this article.
Repeat these steps for each problem equation object in
your Word document.
Method 3: Paste the Problem Object as a Picture
You may be able to identify a problem Equation Editor
object in your Word document.
NOTE: Using this method causes your Equation Editor object
to become a picture, and you cannot edit the equation
object in Equation Editor. However, you may be able to
save your Word document. If you need to edit the equation
object, you need to re-create it. For more information,
please see method 4 later in this article.
1. Click the problem equation object.
2. On the Edit menu, click Cut.
3. Make sure the insertion point is located where you want
the equation object to appear, and then click Paste
Special on the Edit menu.
4. In the Paste Special dialog box, click Picture and
click OK.
Method 4: Re-create the Microsoft Equation Object
Delete the problem equation object and re-create it in
Microsoft Equation Editor 3.0. For more information about
creating a new equation object, click the Office
Assistant, type insert equation, click Search, and then
click Insert an equation to view the topic.
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office
Assistant button on the standard toolbar. If Microsoft
Help is not installed on your computer, click the
following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q179216 OFF98: How to Use the
Microsoft Office Installer Program MORE INFORMATION
Equation Editor, a special version of the MathType
equation editor from Design Science, Inc., is customized
for use with Microsoft program.
