Microsoft KB Archive/48681

Update Link Causes Hang Between Excel 2.2 and Word 4.0

PSS ID Number: Q48681 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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When using the Quickswitch feature of Word 4.0, the program can hang or lock up when updating a link with Excel version 2.2. Microsoft has been unable to reproduce this problem using Word 5.0.

To reproduce this problem, do the following:

  Open the Excel application and type some numbers in a 4 x 4 array of cells and Copy them.   Open the Word application and choose Paste Link from the Edit menu. This pastes the numbers into a table in Word.   Select the second row, first column of the table in Word, and choose Update Link from the Edit menu. (This first causes a switch into Excel where the linked data is updated; then, Word becomes active and all four rows and columns of data are pasted into that one cell in Word.)   Hold down the OPTION key and double-click the table to select all the cells of the table.   From the Edit menu, choose Update Link. The computer now hangs. 

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