Word looses links when track changes is on

[Ryan]

Hi

There is a bug in Word that causes the links to Excel to break. We're using
Office 2007 Professional.

Here’s how to replicate the bug:

Create an Excel book and Word document and save both (save the word document
as a docx)
Copy cells from Excel and paste into Word using Paste Special, Paste Link,
Picture
You are now able to update the link in Word (e.g. Right click, Update Link)
Turn track changes on in Word
Update the linked picture (e.g. Right click, Update Link)
Notice that the picture is still linked; you could update again if you wanted.
Save Word
Close Word
Reopen the document
The picture is no longer linked

If you do the above procedure on a doc file rather than a docx there is no
problem.

I looked at the InLineShapes in VBA and found that as soon as you update a
link with track changes on, the object changes from
wdInlineShapeLinkedPicture to wdInlineShapePicture. On the doc fie the
wdInlineShapePicture is still linked. On the docx file the
wdInlineShapePicture is not linked.

 

[Beth Melton]

I can reproduce this issue as well on Word 2007 SP1. (I haven't verified it
on SP2) and have passed this information along. Thanks for posting, Ryan.


~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP