The title bar of your Word document may flash or Word may stop responding when you scroll in a Word 2002 document that contains tables (832859)

SYMPTOMS

When you scroll (by using the mouse or by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys) in a document that contains tables in Microsoft Word 2002, the title bar of your Word document may flash or Word may stop responding.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if both of the following conditions are true:

You install the hotfix that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
822865 Availability of the Word 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package: June 20, 2003
You start the Magnifier utility before you start Word 2002.

Note To start the Magnifier utility, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Accessibility, and then click Magnifier.

RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 Hotfix Package May 5, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

830807 Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 5, 2004

MORE INFORMATION

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

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates