Re: thousands of pages added automatically

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From: Jay Freedman (jay.freedman_at_verizon.net)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 11:40:32 -0400

Hi Greg,

The symptom indicates that there is corruption somewhere in the
document, and the steps you've already taken are appropriate. In Word
2000 and above, though, there's a method that's more often effective
(http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm): Save the
document as a web page and then reload the html back into Word. 

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Regards,
Jay Freedman              http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?JayFreedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
"Greg Skulmoski" <skulmoski@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi, I have a 190 pg (double spaced) Word 2000 document 
>that I am having problems with.
>
>In certain spots in the document when I add, delete or 
>modify, Word automatically adds thousands of pages. On the 
>status bar at the bottom ("number/number"), the counter 
>begins adding pages. I have manually stopped this after it 
>has ballooned to 12,000 pages. 
>
>What is wrong with my document? and How can I fix it?
>
>Things I have done:
>1. renamed the document
>2. copied and paste special (unformatted)
>3. copied all but the troublesome paragraphs
>4. applied the format painter from "good" paragraphs 
>to "bad" paragraphs,
>5. checked for viruses
>6. re-booted
>7. tried working with the file on different computers
>8. etc.
>
>Thank you for any advice.
>
>Greg

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