WD98 for Windows: Setting Ruby in a Certain Formed Table with Certain Steps Makes Word 98 Stop Responding (259705)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows 98 (Japanese)

This article was previously published under Q259705

NOTE: The information in this article applies to the Japanese version%3 of Word 98 for Windows.

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 98 for Windows, when you set Ruby in a certain form table through a certain operation, Word 98 may stop responding (hang).

This problem occurs if the following conditions are both true:

You create a table that has three, five, seven, or nine columns.

-and-
You enter a string that contains four or more characters that are delimited spaces.

CAUSE

The problem is caused by a combination of how the EQ fields are created by the Power97.dot file and some field update code in Word 98. Power97.dot creates the EQ fields a bit at a time. At some stages, the fields are incomplete and therefore invalid; however, Word still tries to update them.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	10/18/2005
Keywords:	kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB259705