Microsoft KB Archive/63378

Word 5.0 Err Msg: Divide Overflow

PSS ID Number: Q63378 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

If you are using Microsoft Word version 5.0 and you receive a “Divide Overflow” message, perform/check the following:


 * 1) Delete or rename the MW.INI file in the Word 5.0 program directory (or the user subdirectory specified by the SET MSWNET statement, if running Word 5.0 on a network), restart Word, then try to reproduce the problem.
 * 2) If you are running Word 5.0 on a network, type “set” (without the quotation marks) at the operating system prompt. This will display the current environment settings for the computer. If SET MSWNET does not appear as an environment variable, run SETUP USER to properly install Word 5.0 for use on the network.
 * 3) Make sure that a Hewlett-Packard (HP) DeskJet printer driver is not selected in the Print Options Printer field. This is a known problem with Word 5.0, and has been corrected in the Word versions 5.0a and 5.0b maintenance releases.
 * 4) If the problem involves printing, select another printer driver. The printer driver may be damaged. Copy the printer driver from the original Word 5.0 disks.
 * 5) Load another document and try to reproduce the problem. If the document appears to be corrupt, save the file as RTF, then reload the document into Word 5.0.
 * 6) Remove all terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs from the system and reboot the machine.

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