WD2000: Pasted Text in a Nested Table May Cause Table Corruption

ID: Q224648


The information in this article applies to:


SYMPTOMS

After you paste text copied from a Microsoft Word 97 or earlier document into a nested table, one or more of the following problems may occur:


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, paste your text from the Word 97 (or earlier) document as unformatted text, using the following steps:

  1. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.


  2. In the Paste Special dialog box, under As, click to select Unformatted Text and then click OK.


After your text is pasted into the nested table, select the text and reformat it as you want it to appear.


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 

Last Reviewed: May 25, 1999