XL97: Cannot Open File After Pasting More Than 2000 Characters

ID: Q190248

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following error message when you try to open a file in Microsoft Excel 97:

   EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 015f:300e935b.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:

You copy and paste the contents of a cell from one instance of Excel to a second instance of Excel.
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You perform the paste operation multiple times.
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The cell that you copied contains more than 2000 characters.
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You make an entry in another cell on the worksheet.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q151261
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta xlloadsave xlgpf 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: November 6, 1998