Microsoft KB Archive/49724

Word: Computer Hangs After Macro Activates Column Select

PSS ID Number: Q49724 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

In Word Version 4.00, if the Column Select mode is turned on while a macro is executing, and the macro then enters a WHILE loop, the computer may hang. This problem has been corrected in Word Version 5.00.

The following is an example of the macro code that causes this hanging problem:

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