Word crashes when searching beyond certain page

[CJSnet]

Hi there, hope you are able to help.

I have a large document some 65,000 words in length, and suddenly when I
search for a word or phrase that I know to be about halfway through, the
find dialog window crashes Word. The program becomes unresponsive and my
only option is to restart. Normally searching is instantaneous

Searching for a word that is before this point works fine.
Also, searching for this word from a few pages before it works fine. Go too
many pages back however, and I get the crash.

It seems Word is being 'tripped up' by passing a certain point in the doc
during search, yet it is all just text and a few bookmarks.

I have tried saving as a .doc, a .docx, and also using 'Open and repair' but
no good.

Any ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

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[Terry Farrell]

Try SaveAs and choose RTF. Close the document and Word, then reopen Word and
the RTF and use SaveAs and choose dotx format again. Does the document
navigate correctly now?

 

[CJSnet]

Hi, thanks for the reply. Sadly it still hangs.

One thing I notice is it isn't really crashing, as I just see the spinning
cursor indefinately, but I can simply press Esc twice to cancel the Find
dialog and return to the document.

Any other ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

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* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
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Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

Try SaveAs and choose RTF. Close the document and Word, then reopen Word
and the RTF and use SaveAs and choose dotx format again. Does the document
navigate correctly now?

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

Hi there, hope you are able to help.

I have a large document some 65,000 words in length, and suddenly when I
search for a word or phrase that I know to be about halfway through, the
find dialog window crashes Word. The program becomes unresponsive and my
only option is to restart. Normally searching is instantaneous

Searching for a word that is before this point works fine.
Also, searching for this word from a few pages before it works fine. Go
too many pages back however, and I get the crash.

It seems Word is being 'tripped up' by passing a certain point in the doc
during search, yet it is all just text and a few bookmarks.

I have tried saving as a .doc, a .docx, and also using 'Open and repair'
but no good.

Any ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

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[Terry Farrell]

I wonder if (with infinite patience) it may actually complete the task
eventually? Alternatively, restrict the search to a section at a time.

Terry

Hi, thanks for the reply. Sadly it still hangs.

One thing I notice is it isn't really crashing, as I just see the spinning
cursor indefinately, but I can simply press Esc twice to cancel the Find
dialog and return to the document.

Any other ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

Try SaveAs and choose RTF. Close the document and Word, then reopen Word
and the RTF and use SaveAs and choose dotx format again. Does the
document navigate correctly now?

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

Hi there, hope you are able to help.

I have a large document some 65,000 words in length, and suddenly when I
search for a word or phrase that I know to be about halfway through, the
find dialog window crashes Word. The program becomes unresponsive and
my only option is to restart. Normally searching is instantaneous

Searching for a word that is before this point works fine.
Also, searching for this word from a few pages before it works fine. Go
too many pages back however, and I get the crash.

It seems Word is being 'tripped up' by passing a certain point in the
doc during search, yet it is all just text and a few bookmarks.

I have tried saving as a .doc, a .docx, and also using 'Open and repair'
but no good.

Any ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

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* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
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Streetscapes

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[CJSnet]

Sadly it doesn't ever get there, it just gets stuck truly indefinitely.

I really want to find where the bug is. I believe i have narrowed it down
to a certain few pages of text. Yet there are no obvious corruptions.
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

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* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
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Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

I wonder if (with infinite patience) it may actually complete the task
eventually? Alternatively, restrict the search to a section at a time.

Terry

Hi, thanks for the reply. Sadly it still hangs.

One thing I notice is it isn't really crashing, as I just see the
spinning cursor indefinately, but I can simply press Esc twice to cancel
the Find dialog and return to the document.

Any other ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

Try SaveAs and choose RTF. Close the document and Word, then reopen Word
and the RTF and use SaveAs and choose dotx format again. Does the
document navigate correctly now?

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

Hi there, hope you are able to help.

I have a large document some 65,000 words in length, and suddenly when
I search for a word or phrase that I know to be about halfway through,
the find dialog window crashes Word. The program becomes unresponsive
and my only option is to restart. Normally searching is instantaneous

Searching for a word that is before this point works fine.
Also, searching for this word from a few pages before it works fine.
Go too many pages back however, and I get the crash.

It seems Word is being 'tripped up' by passing a certain point in the
doc during search, yet it is all just text and a few bookmarks.

I have tried saving as a .doc, a .docx, and also using 'Open and
repair' but no good.

Any ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

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[CJSnet]

A-ha! (Great band.) I found it!

I narrowed it down by searching repeatedly for 'y' which it found on almost
every line, until it got stuck. I then cut and pasted that paragraph back
as plain text.

When I did so it was prefixed with ¬¬¬

All searches fine now. How bizarre.
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

I wonder if (with infinite patience) it may actually complete the task
eventually? Alternatively, restrict the search to a section at a time.

Terry

Hi, thanks for the reply. Sadly it still hangs.

One thing I notice is it isn't really crashing, as I just see the
spinning cursor indefinately, but I can simply press Esc twice to cancel
the Find dialog and return to the document.

Any other ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

Try SaveAs and choose RTF. Close the document and Word, then reopen Word
and the RTF and use SaveAs and choose dotx format again. Does the
document navigate correctly now?

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

Hi there, hope you are able to help.

I have a large document some 65,000 words in length, and suddenly when
I search for a word or phrase that I know to be about halfway through,
the find dialog window crashes Word. The program becomes unresponsive
and my only option is to restart. Normally searching is instantaneous

Searching for a word that is before this point works fine.
Also, searching for this word from a few pages before it works fine.
Go too many pages back however, and I get the crash.

It seems Word is being 'tripped up' by passing a certain point in the
doc during search, yet it is all just text and a few bookmarks.

I have tried saving as a .doc, a .docx, and also using 'Open and
repair' but no good.

Any ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

 

[Terry Farrell]

Well caught!

Terry

A-ha! (Great band.) I found it!

I narrowed it down by searching repeatedly for 'y' which it found on
almost every line, until it got stuck. I then cut and pasted that
paragraph back as plain text.

When I did so it was prefixed with ¬¬¬

All searches fine now. How bizarre.
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

I wonder if (with infinite patience) it may actually complete the task
eventually? Alternatively, restrict the search to a section at a time.

Terry

Hi, thanks for the reply. Sadly it still hangs.

One thing I notice is it isn't really crashing, as I just see the
spinning cursor indefinately, but I can simply press Esc twice to cancel
the Find dialog and return to the document.

Any other ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

[remove 'teeth' to e-mail me]

Try SaveAs and choose RTF. Close the document and Word, then reopen
Word and the RTF and use SaveAs and choose dotx format again. Does the
document navigate correctly now?

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

Hi there, hope you are able to help.

I have a large document some 65,000 words in length, and suddenly when
I search for a word or phrase that I know to be about halfway through,
the find dialog window crashes Word. The program becomes unresponsive
and my only option is to restart. Normally searching is instantaneous

Searching for a word that is before this point works fine.
Also, searching for this word from a few pages before it works fine.
Go too many pages back however, and I get the crash.

It seems Word is being 'tripped up' by passing a certain point in the
doc during search, yet it is all just text and a few bookmarks.

I have tried saving as a .doc, a .docx, and also using 'Open and
repair' but no good.

Any ideas?
--
Thanks,
CJSnet

Recommended:
* http://search.superhighstreet.com - Finds anything or they pay!
* http://www.superhighstreet.com - Beat the crowds with Virtual
Streetscapes

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