Microsoft KB Archive/138104

Publisher Hangs Searching Backwards in a Table

= Publisher Hangs Searching Backwards in a Table =

Q138104
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0 - Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0 and 2.0a

SYMPTOMS

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If you use the Search command to move backwards through a table, and you have more than one table in your publication, Microsoft Publisher may stop responding after you see the following message:

Publisher reached the beginning of a story. Do you want to keep searching at the end?

CAUSE

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This behavior can occur when the following two conditions are true:

- Your publication has more than one table.

- The first cell of the next table (after the one you are searching) does not have a match for the text you are searching for.

MORE INFORMATION

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To recreate this problem, follow these steps:

1. Create a blank publication.

2. Draw two tables, one above the other.

3. Type the letter A in every cell in both tables, except for the top left cell in the bottom table.

4. Click in one of the middle cells of the top table.

5. Click Find on the Edit menu.

6. In the Find What field, type:

A

7. Click the Up radio button. Click Search.

8. Keep clicking Search until you reach the first cell in this table. When you click Search again, you will see the message:

Publisher has reached the beginning of a story. Do you want to     continue searching at the end?

9. Click Yes. Note that the Search button is grayed out and Microsoft Publisher appears to hang.

STATUS

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0 and Microsoft Publisher for Windows, version 2.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 2.00 2.0 3.00 3.0 pub3 w_mspub hang freeze lock up pub95 pub20