A Bug I Think in Word 2000

Enter a simple table and add a bit of text to a few cells.

Put a check in: ToolOptionsEditUse smart cut and paste

Type a few words after the table and copy it to the clipboard.

Now run:

Sub Test()
Dim tbl As Word.Table
Dim cel As Word.Cell
Dim rng As Word.Range
Set tbl = ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
For Each cel In tbl.Range.Cells
Set rng = cel.Range
rng.MoveEnd wdCharacter, -1
rng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
rng.Paste
Next
End Sub


This has interesting results.
1. If you selected and copied a complete word or phrase (without the
leading space). The result is the text is pasted to all cells as
expected, but a run time error is generated.

Run Time Error '5825' Object has been deleted. :-(

2. If you copied only part of a word or a word/phase including a
leading
space, all is well.

I have discovered that the cause of this behaviour is
ToolsOptionsEditUse smart cut and paste. With that option off, the
procedure works as expected with no run time error. That is the cause,
but I don't really understand the why.

I suppose that knowing this you could use an error handler:

Sub Test()
Dim tbl As Word.Table
Dim cel As Word.Cell
Dim rng As Word.Range
Set tbl = ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
On Error GoTo Handler
For Each cel In tbl.Range.Cells
Set rng = cel.Range
rng.MoveEnd wdCharacter, -1
rng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
rng.Paste
Next
Exit Sub
Handler:
End Sub

Does anyone know if this bug, as I have called it, is documented, why
it happends, or a more appropriate workaround?

Thanks.