WD2000: Pasted Text in a Nested Table May Cause Table Corruption (224648)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q224648

SYMPTOMS

After you paste text copied from a Microsoft Word 97 or earlier document into a nested table, one or more of the following problems may occur:
  • The Word 2000 document may endlessly paginate. For example, the page number on the status bar in Word may continually increase.

  • The top two rows of the nested table merge into one row.

  • Six squares are placed at the beginning of the pasted text.

  • The following error message appears:

    This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

    If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
    When you click Details, the following error message appears:
    WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module WINWORD.EXE at 015f:30268ae7.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, paste your text from the Word 97 (or earlier) document as unformatted text, using the following steps:
  1. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
  2. In the Paste Special dialog box, under As, click to select Unformatted Text and then click OK.
After your text is pasted into the nested table, select the text and reformat it as you want it to appear.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/6/2000
Keywords:kbbug KB224648
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