WD: Cannot Cancel Find Record Search

 Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q130568
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SYMPTOMS

When you click the Find Record button to search for a particular record in a mail merge document, pressing ESC (on the Macintosh, pressing COMMAND+. [period]) may have no effect.

NOTE: The status bar shows the message "Press ESC to cancel" (on the Macintosh, the status bar shows "Press Command+. to cancel"). However, pressing ESC may not cancel the search.

STATUS

There is no workaround for this problem. You must wait until Word is finished searching the data records.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbmerge macword ntword winword word6 word7 word8 word95 word97 wordnt
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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