WD2002: Error Message When You Attempt to Stop Repagination (292161)

SYMPTOMS

When you repaginate your Microsoft Word document, Word may never complete repagination, and the program may appear to stop responding (hang). When you press ESC to stop repagination, you receive the following error message:

Word must complete pagination before displaying the selected text in Print Layout View. Do you wish to continue pagination? To display the text in Normal view, select No.

If you click No, the repagination process stops and Word switches to Normal view. However, when you switch back to Print Layout view, the repagination process continues endlessly.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if all of the following conditions are true:

The document contains nested tables in the header or the footer.

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The nested tables are formatted with wrapping text.

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The document contains a {NUMPAGES} field in the header or the footer.

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Change tracking is turned on.

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The document contains more than 10 pages.

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Print Layout view is turned on.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.

Remove the Text Wrapping Formatting for the Nested Table

On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
Click the nested table that is formatted with wrapping text.
On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click None under Text Wrapping.
Click OK.

Remove the Nested Tables in the Header or Footer

On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
Edit the table structure so that there are no longer any nested tables. For example, to delete a nested table, click the nested table, point to Delete on the Table menu, and then click Table.

Remove the {NUMPAGES} Field in the Header or the Footer

On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
Select the {NUMPAGES} field in the header or the footer, and then press DELETE.

NOTE: To view the {NUMPAGES} field code, press ALT+F9.

Turn Off Change Tracking

To do this, click Track Changes on the Tools menu.