WD98: Memo Wizard Quits If Memo Title Is More Than 255 Characters
Article ID: 180269
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q180269
SYMPTOMS
When you type a title that is longer than 255 characters in the title box
of the Memo Wizard, one of the following may occur.
Case 1
When you click
Finish, the following error message appears:
String is longer that 255 characters.
When you click
OK in the error message dialog box, the wizard quits.
Case 2
Word quits and the following error message appears:
The application "Microsoft Word" has unexpectedly quit, because an error
of type 3 occurred.
You should save your work in other open applications and restart the
computer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, either leave the title box blank or type a
shorter title. When the wizard is finished, type the title in the document
that the wizard creates.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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