Article ID: 322024
Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q322024
SYMPTOMS
If you type "ETC." 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
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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
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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
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