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WD97: IPF Error Message When You Edit LISTNUM Field in Table

Article ID: 160977

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q160977

SYMPTOMS

When you edit the starting number of a LISTNUM field in a table, Word may generate the following error message:

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

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

When you click Details (on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, press ALT+D), you receive the following message:

WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in WINWORD.EXE at 0137:address.

NOTE: The actual memory address may vary.

WORKAROUND

Use the SEQ (Sequence) field in the table instead of the LISTNUM field.

For more information about sequence fields, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the following text

seq

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Seq (Sequence) field" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows has a new LISTNUM field available. The LISTNUM field inserts a set of numbers anywhere in a paragraph. LISTNUM fields can be incorporated into numbering from a simple or outline-numbered list.

For more information about LISTNUM fields, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the following text

listnum

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "ListNum field" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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