Microsoft KB Archive/322024

= PPT2002: PowerPoint Stops Responding If You Type &quot;ETC.&quot; with French (Canada) Spelling =

Article ID: 322024

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q322024



SYMPTOMS
If you type &quot;ETC.&quot; in a PowerPoint slide, and French (Canada) spelling is the default spelling dictionary, PowerPoint stops responding.



CAUSE
There is a problem in the French dictionary file that is included with Office XP.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date           Time  Version         Size       File name --  23-May-2002   15:27                  1,253,912  Mssp3fr.msp 23-May-2002  17:37                    752,128  Mssp3fr_Admin.msp 23-May-2002  17:24                      2,897  Readme.txt

After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date           Time  Version         Size       File name --  14-May-2002   10:32  1.7.1.1           303,183  Mssp3fr.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2).

Additional query words: proofing tools proof speller spelling hang freeze stop responding typing error

Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix kbofficexppresp2fix kbofficexpsp2fix KB322024

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