Microsoft KB Archive/256890

= WD2000: Word Stops When You Check Grammar Using Polish Grammar Checker =

Article ID: 256890

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q256890



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Polish grammar checker on a document that contains certain Polish words, Word stop responding (hangs).



CAUSE
Words that cause this problem contain the Polish Latin uppercase letter L with stroke (U+0141), or Latin lowercase letter L with stroke (U+0142).



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



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 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about a related issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

279222 WD2000: Word Stops Responding When You Use Polish Proofing Tools

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Do one of the following:


 * 1) * Install English Office 2000, including Polish language support and Polish proofing tools (from the MultiLanguage Pack CD 5 or the Proofing Tools CD).
 * 2) * Install Polish Office 2000.
 * 3) In a new document, type either the word Wlochy or Suwalki . The l in each word is the Latin lowercase letter L with stroke (U+0142).
 * 4) Press F7 to run the spelling and grammar checker.

Result: Word stops responding. You must use Task Manager to terminate the task.

Additional query words: word2000 word2k polish grammar hang stop grammer Q279222 279222

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kboffice2000sp2fix kboffice2000presp2fix kbqfe KB256890

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