"Divide By Zero" Error Dragging Text from Table to Text Frame

Q137692

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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If you drag text from more than one cell in a table, drop it on a text
frame, click Undo on the Edit menu, and then click Redo on the Edit menu,
you will receive the following message:

   This program has performed an illegal operation and will be
   shut down.

   If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, you will see a message similar to the following:

   MSPUB caused a divide by zero error in module MSPUB.EXE at
   0137:004118f5.

Once you close this dialog box, Publisher will close.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Publisher for Windows 95
version 3.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 pub3 w_mspub gpf pub95 mspub