Using Windows 98, cannot open large vital Microsoft Word 2000 document - lots of graphics, lists and about 125 pages, about 6,5 meg. Your urgent help would be greatly appreciated. Comes up with: This program has caused an illegal operation - contact program vendor, etc. - the details are as follows: WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module WINWORD.exe at 017f:301ef60f. Registers: EAX=012600c8 CS=017f EIP=301ef60f EFLGS=00010212 EBX=00000000 SS=0187 ESP=0062c92c EBP=0062c984 ECX=012600a0 DS=0187 ESI=00000000 FS=10c7 EDX=0000000a ES=0187 EDI=0064ea74 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: ff 73 70 33 f6 89 75 f4 89 75 f8 89 75 fc e8 b9 Stack dump: 0064ea74 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000012 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

If you have access to Word version 6.x for Windows, open the file in Word 6.x and follow the procedure listed below to redefine the drawing object or graphic: Open the document in Word 6.x. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Select Drawing Objects button. Click and drag the area around the entire drawing or graphic. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Ungroup button. Repeat this process until the message "This command is not available because no groups are selected" appears in the status bar. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Select Drawing Objects button and select the entire area surrounding the drawing objects or graphic. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Group button. This provides only one level of grouping. Save the document and open it in Word 7.0. Method 2 If you don't have access to Word version 6.x for Windows, follow the procedure listed below to redefine the drawing object or graphic: Start PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0. Open a blank slide. On the Insert menu, click Object. Click Create From File and select the document. Save the file as a PowerPoint Presentation. On the View menu, click Notes Pages. Click the inserted object to select it. On the Edit menu, click Copy. Start Word for Windows 95. In a blank document, click Paste on the Edit menu. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Select Drawing Objects button. Click and drag the area around the entire drawing or graphic. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Ungroup button. Repeat this process until the message "This command is not available because no groups are selected" appears in the status bar. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Select Drawing Objects button and select the entire area surrounding the drawing objects or graphic. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Group button. This provides only one level of grouping. Save the document.