WD97: Erratic Scrolling Caused by Large Objects
Article ID: 166977
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q166977
SYMPTOMS
The scroll box on the scroll bar may be erratic (it may "jump" or change
size) when you scroll through your document. This problem occurs if the
document includes tall pictures and if you view the document in online
layout view.
CAUSE
This behavior is caused by sudden, radical changes in virtual page
size. In online view, the virtual page size varies with the height of the
window and is extended by drawing objects and inline pictures. In documents
with large pictures, the current page size can differ drastically from the average page size, and the scroll bar calculations (visible height
divided by the approximate total height) will be wrong. This same problem
can occur in page layout view with multiple custom page sizes.
This behavior should only be apparent when the scroll box is on a page with
objects that meet this description.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kbui kbusage KB166977