[Steve]

Im using a 5 point star from AutoShapes in Word 2003. I used the Add Text
option to give each star a number. Ive created a large number of these stars
in a document thats 27 pages in length. To keep the stars the same Ive been
copying and pasting them. Heres the problem: now when I copy and paste
another star, Word will allow me to change the text, but the text changes on
both it and the original star.

It works like this: I copy and paste a star thats marked with a €œ2€�, on the
copy I select the €œ2€� and change it to €œ4€�, the original and copy both change
to €œ4€�. If I delete the text on the copy it also deletes on the original, and
thereafter no text can be written to either star.

The puzzle is that the first ~40 worked just fine....

[Stefan Blom]

This could be document corruption. Try recreating the document by
copying its contents (except for the final paragraph mark) into a new
document. For more on this and other fixes, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Steve" wrote in message
...
I'm using a 5 point star from AutoShapes in Word 2003. I used the
Add Text
option to give each star a number. I've created a large number of
these stars
in a document that's 27 pages in length. To keep the stars the same
I've been
copying and pasting them. Here's the problem: now when I copy and
paste
another star, Word will allow me to change the text, but the text
changes on
both it and the original star.

It works like this: I copy and paste a star that's marked with a "2"
, on the
copy I select the "2" and change it to "4", the original and copy
both change
to "4". If I delete the text on the copy it also deletes on the
original, and
thereafter no text can be written to either star.

The puzzle is that the first ~40 worked just fine....

[Steve]

Stefan,
Thanks for the reply. I found the article you referenced very helpful. I
can't say with certainly which part of the fix corrected the error. Word
started responding correctly to an unmodified file. But it's working properly
and that's good for now.

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

[Stefan Blom]

Glad you got it sorted, and thank you for the feedback.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Steve" wrote in message
...
Stefan,
Thanks for the reply. I found the article you referenced very
helpful. I
can't say with certainly which part of the fix corrected the error.
Word
started responding correctly to an unmodified file. But it's working
properly
and that's good for now.

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/CorruptDoc.htm.