Microsoft KB Archive/130671

Mac Works 4.0: Hangs if You Print, Preview Imported WinWorks DB

PSS ID Number: Q130671 Article last modified on 02-05-1999

MACINTOSH:4.0,4.0a,4.0b

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0b == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you attempt to print or preview a Works database document converted from Works for Windows version 3.0, the computer may stop responding (hang).

= RESOLUTION =

To work around this issue, restart the computer, and then follow these steps:


 * 1) Start Works, and then open the imported database.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 4) Close the imported database file.
 * 5) On the File menu, click New.
 * 6) Double-click Database.
 * 7) When you are prompted for the number of fields to create in the new database, type a number equal to or greater than the number of fields in the imported database.
 * 8) On the Edit menu, click Paste.
 * 9) Save the new database file.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0b.

Additional query words: mac m_works import freeze lock print prin hang

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========================================================= Keywords : kbprint kbimu kbbuglist Version : MACINTOSH:4.0,4.0a,4.0b Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.