Microsoft KB Archive/300888

= PPT2000: Mouse Pointer May Not Change When You Use IME =

Article ID: 300888

Article Last Modified on 8/25/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q300888



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Input Method Editor (IME) to edit text in Microsoft PowerPoint, the mouse pointer may not change after you determine the characters.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the mouse pointer is on the undetermined characters when you determine them.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later. 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 ---  02-Jul-2001  02:06    1,262,080  Powerpnt.msp 02-Jul-2001 02:58    2,456,576  Powerpnt_Admin.msp After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version     Size       File name ---  29-Jun-2001  23:20  9.0.0.5428  4,251,700  Powerpnt.exe 30-Jun-2000 12:59                  4,096  Pptsec.mst 16-May-2000 11:10                476,672  Ppttools.ppa



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 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

Additional query words: PowerPoint2000 arrow width height change redraw refresh mouse cursor

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kboffice2000sp3fix kboffice2000presp3fix KB300888

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