WD2000: Word Stops Responding After Hyphenation Occurs

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you type a narrow column of text, Word may stop responding (hang).

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the following are all true:

• Your document has a large right margin (for example, 6 inches).



• The Automatically hyphenate document check box in the Hyphenation dialog box is selected.



• Word hyphenates a word.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, clear the Automatically hyphenate document check box, and make the right margin smaller. When you have finished typing your text, reset the right margin and select the Automatically hyphenate document check box.

To clear the Automatically hyphenate document check box, do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Language and then click Hyphenation.



2. In the Hyphenation dialog box, click to clear the Automatically hyphenate document check box.



3. Click OK.

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 wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug