Microsoft KB Archive/328232

= You receive the &quot;A table in this document has become corrupted&quot; error message when you try to edit complex tables in Word 2002 =

Article ID: 328232

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q328232





SYMPTOMS
When you try to edit a complex table in Microsoft Word 2002, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:  The document may start to flicker, and may appear to be repaginating. You may receive the following error message:

A table in this document has become corrupted. To recover the contents of the table: select the table and choose Convert Table to Text from the Table menu.



Note This symptoms only occurs if the complex table in the document was created in an earlier version of Word.



Service Pack Information
This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

Hotfix Information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP product name Public Update that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time      Version  Size       File name 17-Nov-2002 19:50:10 5,554,288 Winword.msp (Optimized) 17-Nov-2002 18:37:12 6,619,260 Winwordff.msp (Full-file/administrative) After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date         Time      Version  Size        File name ---  15-Nov-2002 01:14  10.0.4712.0  10,598,984  Winword.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.

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