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PUB98: Page Fault in QS98.DLL Merging Cells in Large Tables

Article ID: 196820

Article Last Modified on 11/9/1999

Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q196820

SYMPTOMS

After merging several cells in a very large Publisher table you may receive the following message:

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

If you click Details, you receive the following additional information:

MSPUB caused an invalid page fault in module QS98.DLL at 015f:40408d0b.

CAUSE

This only occurs in very large tables, usually greater than 30 rows by 30 columns.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Additional query words: qs98.dll pub pub98 ipf table tables cell cells merge

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