WinWord: Embedding an Object Within an Object in Header/Footer

ID: Q79685

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.

 1. From the File menu, choose New, and choose the OK button to open a
    a document based on the Normal template.

 2. From the View menu, choose Header/Footer, select Header, and choose
    the OK button.

 3. 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

 4. From the View menu, choose Header/Footer, select Header, and choose
    the OK button.

 5. 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

 6. From the Window menu, choose Document1. From the File menu, choose
    Close.

 7. 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.

 8. Open Test_UAE. From the View menu, choose Header/Footer, select
    Header, and choose the OK button.

 9. 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."

10. 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.

11. From the Insert menu, choose Object to embed the object again.

    Select Word Document, and choose the OK button.

12. 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.

KBCategory: KBSubcategory: Additional query words: uae rae 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b word6 winword 2.0c winword2

Version           : 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998