Microsoft KB Archive/126370

= WD: Spike Command Captures Only First Cell of Table =

Article ID: 126370

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q126370



SYMPTOMS
If you select a table and try to cut it to the Spike, the Spike command captures only the contents of the first cell. When you paste the Spike contents, you insert only the contents of the first cell.



CAUSE
The Spike captures only the information up to the first paragraph mark. The end-of-cell marker in the first cell acts like a paragraph mark; thus, the Spike fails to see the contents of the table beyond the first end-of-cell marker.



WORKAROUND
Select the entire table and the paragraph mark immediately following it before executing the Spike command.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
To use the Spike command, which is actually an AutoText entry, use the appropriate method for your operating system.

Windows

 * To cut a selection to the Spike, press CTRL+F3.

NOTE: This actually creates the AutoText entry called Spike.
 * To paste the Spike contents into a document clearing the Spike AutoText entry, press CTRL+SHIFT+F3.
 * To paste the Spike contents into a document without clearing the Spike AutoText entry, type the word SPIKE and then press F3.

Macintosh

 * To cut a selection to the Spike, press COMMAND+F3.
 * To paste the Spike contents into a document clearing the Spike AutoText entry, press COMMAND+SHIFT+F3.
 * To paste the Spike contents into a document without clearing the Spike AutoText entry, use the appropriate method for your version of Word.

Word 6.x: Click AutoText on the Edit menu. Click the AutoText entry of Spike and then click Insert.

Word 98 Macintosh Edition: point to AutoText on the Insert menu, and then click AutoText. In the Enter AutoText entries here box, click Spike, and then click Insert.

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