Microsoft KB Archive/166970

= WD97: "...Invalid Page Fault in Excel32.cnv" When Opening a File =

Article ID: 166970

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q166970



SYMPTOMS
In Word 97, if you open a Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet, you may receive the following error:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

WinWord has caused an invalid page fault in module Excel32.cnv



CAUSE
The error occurs during the conversion of a formula that is used to mask formula results.



RESOLUTION
Open the worksheet in Microsoft Excel and copy and paste the information from Microsoft Excel to Word.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The following example illustrates a formula that may cause the problem:

 In cell A1 type "test" (without the quotation marks). In cell A2, type the following:

=IF(B2=0, "", B2/B2)

 Save the worksheet and open it in Word 97.

NOTE: The sample workbook that ships with Office 97 contains a Microsoft Excel example worksheet demonstrating how to mask results. This worksheet will generate an invalid page fault in excel32.cnv because of the formulas in the worksheet.

