WD2000: Cannot Cancel "Find Record" Search

ID: Q212118

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you click Find Record (on the Mail Merge toolbar) to search for a particular record in a mail merge document, pressing ESC to end the search may have no effect.

NOTE: The status bar shows the message Press ESC to cancel. However, pressing ESC may not cancel the search.

WORKAROUND

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta kbmerge wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug