Re: Word 2000 DDE error on Win2K

[John Schultz <jschultz () coin org>]

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Oliver Reeves wrote:
> I can consistently crash Word 2000 using the following method:
>
> 1) Open up any text/document editor such as notepad or wordpad
> 2) type a single word (must be a known word, no punctuation).
> 3) highlight the whole word and CTRL+C
> 4) launch word 2000
> 5) CTRL+V
> 6) press HOME to take you to the start of the line
> 7) type I
> 8) hit the space bar

On Win98 SE with Word 9.0.4402 SR-1, I was not able to reproduce your
crash.  I've installed pretty much all of the Office security patches that
have been released by Microsoft, but I couldn't find more detailed
information on just what patches have been applied in Help | About.

John Schultz
jschultz () coin org