PUB2002: Publisher Closes When You Paste One Table's Cells into Another Table (295143)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Publisher 2002
This article was previously published under Q295143

SYMPTOMS

When you paste a table with formatting into another table with formatting, you may receive the following error message:
Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Publisher has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.

Restart Microsoft Publisher

We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Publisher. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.

To see what data this error report contains, click here.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you use the Paste Special command on the Edit menu, and then choose Table Cells With Cell Formatting in the Paste Special dialog box.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, remove the table formatting before you copy the table and paste the cells.

To remove table formatting, follow these steps:
  1. Select the table object.
  2. On the Table menu, click Table AutoFormat.
  3. On the Table format list, select (None), and then click OK.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

The Office Error Reporting dialog box appears when an error occurs that results in a fatal event in the program. The dialog box includes a button to send the information about the fatal event to Microsoft. Microsoft gathers information about these types of events in a database to attempt to identify the cause. For more information about the Microsoft Data Collection Policy, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/dcp20.asp

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

283768 OFFXP: End User Privacy Policy in Application Error Reporting

289508 HOW TO: Read the Error Signature from Office Application Error Reporting If Program Quits Unexpectedly



Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/10/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbdta kbnofix KB295143
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