The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b,
2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word for Windows, either an unrecoverable application
error or a recoverable application error occurs if you embed objects
multiple layers deep in the header/footer area.
Steps to Reproduce Problem
Before following the steps below, make sure that Normal is checked on
the View menu and that Field Codes is NOT checked.
- From the File menu, choose New, and choose the OK button to open a
a document based on the Normal template.
- From the View menu, choose Header/Footer, select Header, and choose
the OK button.
- From the Insert menu, choose Object, select Word Document, and
choose the OK button. The following phrase appears on the title bar:
Object in Document1
- From the View menu, choose Header/Footer, select Header, and choose
the OK button.
- From the Insert menu, choose Object, select Word Document, and
choose the OK button. The following phrase appears on the title bar:
Object in Object in Document1
- From the Window menu, choose Document1. From the File menu, choose
Close.
- Choose Yes when prompted to save changes to Document1, and choose
Yes again when prompted to update the embedded objects in Document1
before saving it. Name the document "Test_UAE," and choose the OK
button.
- Open Test_UAE. From the View menu, choose Header/Footer, select
Header, and choose the OK button.
- A Word for Windows icon appears in the header to represent the
MS Word object. Double-click the MS Word icon to edit the "Object
in Test_UAE."
- From the View menu, choose Header/Footer, select Header, and
choose the OK button.
Notice that no MS Word icon appears in this header; the object was not
saved.
- From the Insert menu, choose Object to embed the object again.
Select Word Document, and choose the OK button.
- From the Window menu, choose Test_UAE. From the File menu, choose
Close.
Choosing Yes to save changes and update the embedded objects results
in either an unrecoverable application error or a recoverable
application error.
Whenever either of these errors occurs, exit Windows completely, and
reboot your system. If you do not exit Windows completely and restart
the machine, the computer's memory remains unstable, and further
errors may occur.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows
version 2.x and 6.0. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here as it becomes available.
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