XL: "Invalid Page Fault" Pasting Linked Text from MS Word (175227)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q175227 SYMPTOMS
When you copy text from Microsoft Word and paste it to Microsoft Excel,
you may receive one of the following error messages.
Microsoft Excel 97
Excel caused an Invalid Page Fault in module Kernel32.dll at
0137:bff858cd
NOTE: If you are running Microsoft Windows 95 in Safe mode, you receive
the following error message:
Excel excecuted an invalid instruction in module <unknown> at
0000:00000017
Microsoft Excel 7.0
EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at
0137:50018fd6
CAUSE
This behavior may occur if the following conditions are true:
- In a Microsoft Word document, you copy text that resembles a formula or
function in Microsoft Excel.
This includes text that begins with an equal sign (=), a minus sign
(-), a plus sign (+), or the at sign (@). This text is interpreted as
a valid formula or function in Microsoft Excel.
-and-
- In Microsoft Excel, you click Paste Special on the Edit menu, click
Text, and then click OK to paste the text into a cell.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, change the text so it does not resemble a
valid formula or function in Microsoft Excel before you copy the text from
Microsoft Word. You can do this by excluding the beginning symbol as part
of the selection.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/22/2000 |
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Keywords: | kbbug kbinterop KB175227 |
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