Microsoft KB Archive/331941

= WD2002: Setting DeletedTextMark Property with Revision Balloons Turned Off Causes Incorrect Document Formatting =

Article ID: 331941

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q331941





SYMPTOMS
When you edit a Microsoft Word 2002 document, if you delete text from a table, the table splits at the point of deletion and several blank pages are inserted between the start of the table and the end of the table.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:  The document is in print layout view. Display for Review is set to Final Showing Markup or Original Showing Markup while Track Changes is enabled. You run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro that contains the following command:

Options.DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextStrike

. You delete text from a table cell. You change the Display for Review setting to either Final or Original.

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Service Pack Information
This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

Hotfix Information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Office XP service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question. The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: <pre class="fixed_text">  Date          Time  Version    Size       File name ---  25-Oct-2002   08:07            5,728,836  Winword.msp 25-Oct-2002  08:28            5,639,208  Winword_admin.msp After the hotfix is installed the English version of this fix will have the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date          Time   Version        Size        File name ---  24-Oct-2002   18:44  10.0.4622.0    10,598,984  Winword.exe This fix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) fix. To install the fix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2

Additionally, you may have to install Windows Installer 2.0 to install this fix. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement for post-Office XP SP-2 fixes, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 OFFXP: Office XP Updates and Patches Released After September 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.

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