Microsoft KB Archive/818946

= XL2000: Run-Time Error Message When You Apply Font: &quot;'Name' Method Failed: 'Font' Object =

Article ID: 818946

Article Last Modified on 2/5/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Excel 2000 Service Pack 3, when used with:  Microsoft Windows XP Professional

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition 

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SYMPTOMS
When you run a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro in the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor of Microsoft Excel 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3), you may receive the following run-time error message:

'Name' method failed: 'Font' object

When you click Exit on the File menu, Excel may stop responding.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Office 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Size       File name --  29-Apr-2003  18:42  1,752,552  Excelop.msp  (Client Update) 29-Apr-2003 19:07  4,421,740  Excelff.msp  (Full File Update) After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this fix will have the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table.   Date         Time   Version     Size       File name 29-Apr-2003 03:42  9.0.0.7624  7,163,949  Excel.exe This fix is a post-Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3) fix. To install the fix, you must have Office 2000 SP-3 installed. For additional information about Office 2000 SP-3, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

326585 OFF2000: Overview of Office 2000 Service Pack 3

Additionally, you may have to install Windows Installer 2.0 to install this fix. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement for post-Office 2000 SP-3 fixes, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

811002 OFF2000: Office 2000 Updates and Patches Released After November 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: KB3HR1

Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kboffice2000presp4fix kbbug kbfix KB818946

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