WD2000: Typing Text in Nested Table Causes Invalid Page Fault (224670)

SYMPTOMS

When you type in a table cell of a nested table, the following error message may appear:

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:301266fe.

NOTE: This problem does not seem to occur with a nested table on the first page of a document.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you type text in a nested table after you have turned on Track Changes while editing (on the Tools menu, point to Track Changes and then click Highlight Changes).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not highlight the changes on screen when typing text into a nested table.

To turn off Highlight changes on screen, use the following steps:

On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes and then click Highlight Changes.
In the Highlight Changes dialog box, click to select the Track changes while editing check box.
In the Highlight Changes dialog box, click to clear the Highlight changes on screen check box.
Click OK.

NOTE: After you have typed the text into the nested table, you can select Highlight changes on screen to see the changes made.

STATUS

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