Microsoft KB Archive/292161

= Error message when you try to stop repagination in Word: &quot;Word must complete pagination before displaying the selected text in Print Layout View&quot; =

Article ID: 292161

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q292161





SYMPTOMS
When you repaginate your Microsoft Word document, Word may never complete repagination, and the program may appear to stop responding (hang). When you press ESC to stop repagination, you receive the following error message:

Word must complete pagination before displaying the selected text in Print Layout View. Do you wish to continue pagination? To display the text in Normal view, select No.

If you click No, the repagination process stops and Word switches to Normal view. However, when you switch back to Print Layout view, the repagination process continues endlessly.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if the following conditions are true:
 * The document contains nested tables in the header or the footer.
 * The nested tables are formatted with wrapping text.
 * The document contains a {NUMPAGES} field in the header or the footer.
 * Change tracking is turned on.
 * The document contains more than 10 pages.
 * Print Layout view is turned on.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Microsoft Office Word 2003 or Microsoft Word 2002

 * 1) On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
 * 2) Click the nested table that is formatted with wrapping text.
 * 3) On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click None under Text Wrapping.
 * 4) Click OK.

Microsoft Office Word 2007

 * 1) Double-click a header or a footer.
 * 2) Right-click the nested table that is formatted with wrapping text, click Table Properties, and then click None under Text Wrapping.
 * 3) Click OK.

Word 2003 or Word 2002

 * 1) On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
 * 2) Edit the table structure so that there are no longer any nested tables. For example, to delete a nested table, click the nested table, point to Delete on the Table menu, and then click Table.

Word 2007

 * 1) Double-click a header or a footer.
 * 2) Edit the table structure so that there are no longer any nested tables. For example, to delete a nested table, click the nested table, click the Layout tab, and then click Delete in the Rows & Columns group.

Word 2003 or Word 2002

 * 1) On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
 * 2) Select the {NUMPAGES} field in the header or the footer, and then press DELETE.

Note To view the {NUMPAGES} field code, press ALT+F9.

Word 2007

 * 1) Double-click a header or a footer.
 * 2) Select the {NUMPAGES} field in the header or the footer, and then press DELETE.

Note To view the {NUMPAGES} field code, press ALT+F9.

Turn Off Change Tracking
To do this in Word 2003 or in Word 2002, click Track Changes on the Tools menu.

To do this in Word 2007, click the Review tab, click Track Changes in the Tracking group, and then click Track Changes.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: OfficeErrorMessages 10086 WD2002 WD2003 WD2007

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbnofix KB292161

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