Article ID: 318042
Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q318042
SYMPTOMS
When you try to use the Transparency tool on an object, the color may not become transparent as expected. This problem occurs mainly with pictures that were created on a Macintosh.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because Microsoft PowerPoint cannot correctly determine the selected transparent color. Therefore, PowerPoint tries to apply a transparency to incorrect color values.
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. 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 Version Size File name
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04-APR-2002 01:23:59 2,962 Readme.txt
04-APR-2002 00:50:34 4,352,636 Shared.msp
04-APR-2002 03:03:27 7,000,480 Shared_admin.msp
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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02-APR-2002 12:12:18 10.0.3926.0 9,996,616 Mso.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).
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