Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.apps:1907 comp.sys.mac.misc:3997 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!usage.csd.unsw.oz.au!mummy.agsm.unsw.oz.au!robt From: robt@mummy.agsm.unsw.oz.au (Rob Trevor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: MS Word 4.0 freezing -- HELP!! Message-ID: <892@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> Date: 9 Oct 90 23:45:51 GMT Sender: news@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps Organization: Australian Graduate School of Management Lines: 37 References: <3093@mrsvr.UUCP> In article <3093@mrsvr.UUCP> walkerl@mrsvr.UUCP (Larry Walker) writes: > > In <7406@umd5.umd.edu> pevans@umd5.umd.edu (Peter Evans) writes: > > |Ditto. Same problem. Word seems to go "off the air" usually for good > > .. > > I've had lockups even with Shield removed. Lockups are only semi- > reproducible with a given file, so it's nearly impossible to pin it on a > ... > Well, I have one file that GUARANTEES a lockup (on IIcx, SE, with/without inits, etc) if anybody from Microsoft wants it! :-) (Its a letterhead created by a table with one cell containing about 28K of hidden postscript code that generates the university crest. Works fine--as long as you don't scroll backwards into the letterhead part of the letter. Then your in real trouble!) > PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, does anybody know what's going on??? Haven't got a clue. Nobody down here seems to be much interested in these sorts of bugs, even when there're completely reproducable. Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Trevor robt@mummy.agsm.unsw.oz.au Associate Professor robt@agsm.unsw.oz.au Australian Graduate School of Management University of New South Wales PO Box 1 VOICE: +61 (2) 662-0274 Kensington, NSW FAX: +61 (2) 662-2451 AUSTRALIA 2033 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------