Q243014: WD97: "Unknown Switch Argument" Opening Danish Word 2000 File

Article: Q243014
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta word8 word97
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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NOTE: The information in this article applies to the 
Danish version(s) of Word.

SYMPTOMS
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In Danish Word 97, after you open and update a Danish Word 2000 document that
contains fields, the following error message may be displayed in your Word
document:

  Unknown switch argument


CAUSE
=====

This problem occurs because the field switches contained in the fields in the
Danish Word 2000 document are in English (US) and are not translated into
Danish.

NOTE: Danish Word 97 uses English (US) field names but Danish field switches.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, turn on the field codes, and manually replace the
English (US) field switches with their Danish equivalents.

NOTE: To turn on field codes in your Word document, press ALT+F9.

The following table lists the Danish field switch names and their English (US)
equivalents.

+-----------------------------+
| Danish       | English (US) | 
+-----------------------------+
| alfabetisk   | alphabetic   | 
+-----------------------------+
| Alfabetisk   | Alphabetic   | 
+-----------------------------+
| arabertal    | Arabic       | 
+-----------------------------+
| initstort    | Caps         | 
+-----------------------------+
| maengdetekst | CardText     | 
+-----------------------------+
| valutatekst  | DollarText   | 
+-----------------------------+
| foerstestort | FirstCap     | 
+-----------------------------+
| smaabogstav  | Lower        | 
+-----------------------------+
| ordenstal    | Ordinal      | 
+-----------------------------+
| ordenstekst  | OrdText      | 
+-----------------------------+
| romertal     | roman        | 
+-----------------------------+
| Romertal     | Roman        | 
+-----------------------------+
| stortbogstav | Upper        | 
+-----------------------------+
| Fletformat   | Mergeformat  | 
+-----------------------------+
| Tegnformat   | Charformat   | 
+-----------------------------+

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbdta word8 word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbfix

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