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Hi,

I need assistance in the following problem.

The following bugs in Microsoft Word were discovered by Whittaker in 2001:

a. Launch WORD
b. Go to: Insert-> Reference->Index and Tables
c. Change "Column" field to 5
d. When we click OK, the wrong message appears twice
We have also discussed a few other bugs in Microsoft products. These bugs have been reported to Microsoft, but most are still there.

Why doesn't Microsoft correct these and other bugs mentioned in the enclosed document?

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