Microsoft KB Archive/65361

Saving Footnote Table in 3.0 Format Hangs Machine

PSS ID Number: Q65361 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

If you are using Word version 4.0, a System error will occur in the circumstance below is you save a document with a footnote table in Word 3.0/Microsoft Write format.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word version 4.0. This problem was corrected in Word version 5.0.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

 * 1) From the Document menu, choose Insert Table.
 * 2) With the insertion point in the first row of the first column, choose Footnote from the Document menu.
 * 3) With the insertion point in the Footnote Reference Mark box, choose Insert Table from the Document menu and choose the OK button.
 * 4) Select the paragraph mark after the footnote reference.
 * 5) From the Edit menu, choose Cut. (The insertion point should now be in row 1 column 1 of the footnote table in the footnote pane.)
 * 6) From the Format menu, choose Show Ruler.
 * 7) Choose the ruler scale icon once to view the table ruler.
 * 8) From the File menu, choose Save As and choose the File Format button.
 * 9) Select the the Microsoft Word 3.0/Microsoft Write file format option, choose the OK button, and then choose the Save button.

At this point, the document is in an unstable mode. If you make the main text window active, a System error occurs.

KBCategory: kbusage buglist4.00 fixlist5.00 KBSubcategory: kbtable Additional reference words: macword macword5 4.00 5.00 crash bomb hang ====================================================================== ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.