Compiling Index over Linked Files Restarts Macintosh
  
PSS ID Number: Q114454
Article last modified on 03-07-1997
 

 

 

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5.10
MACINTOSH
kbusage buglist5.10
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 5.1
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SYMPTOMS
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While compiling an index in Word 5.1, the Macintosh SE, Plus, PowerBook
100, and Classic (68000-based Macintoshes) restart.
 
CAUSE
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This can occur if you are compiling an index over a series of linked files
using Word's File Series feature. Regardless of how many files are in the
series, the Macintosh restarts immediately before the globally compiled
index is placed at the end of the last file in the series.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word version 5.1 for
Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
WORKAROUND
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Combine the documents into one master document prior to compiling the
index:
 
1. In Word, choose New from the File menu.
 
2. From the Insert menu, choose File. Locate the first file of the series
   and choose Open.
 
The first document has now been inserted into the master document. With the
cursor always at the end of the document, insert the remaining documents,
in the order of the file series, into the active document. An index can now
be successfully compiled from within the new master document.
 
The Macintosh products included here are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding these products' performance or reliability.
 
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