Microsoft KB Archive/318960

= MacWDX: Word Quits Unexpectedly When You Drag Text in a Document =

Article ID: 318960

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word X for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q318960



SYMPTOMS
When you drag text or an object in a Microsoft Word document, the program quits unexpectedly, and you receive the following error message:

The application Microsoft Word has unexpectedly quit.

The system and other applications have not been affected.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the path and file name contain more than 128 characters.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, save the file by using a path and file name that contain fewer than 128 characters, for example:

MacOS X/Users/Local/Documents/Filename



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: MacWDX mac WDX macword error alert console crash crashes crashing crashed quit quitting quits fail fails failing failed break

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB318960

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