ID: Q173232
The information in this article applies to:
When you insert a TITLE or INFO Title field into the header or footer of a Microsoft Word document, you may receive the following error message:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module WINWORD.EXE at
0137:50019794.
-or-
WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module WINWORD.EXE at
0137:50019796.
To work around this problem, type a Title description into the document properties, and then insert the Title field into the header or footer.
To add a Title description to your document, follow these steps:
1. In your Word document, click Properties on the File menu.
2. Click to select the Summary tab.
3. In the Title box, type your Title description, and then click OK.
To insert the Title field, follow these steps:
1. In your Word document, click Header And Footer on the View menu.
2. On the Header And Footer toolbar, click the "Switch Between Header and
Footer" button to change to the header or the footer.
4. Under Field Names, click to select Title, and then click OK.
NOTE: Do not add text to the Title field. The Title field will use the
Title text that you typed in the document Properties dialog box. You may
also use the INFO Title field instead of the Title field.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.
For additional information about a similar problem, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q166391
TITLE : WD95: Document Saved As Word 2.x Errors When Opened in
Word 95
Keywords : kberrmsg kbfield
Version : WINDOWS:7.0,7.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfixLast Reviewed: February 12, 1999