Powerpoint closing when picking font size

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Giri Moturi via OfficeKB.com

i recently formatted and installed Win XP with SP2 and installed Office97,now the problem is with powerpoint. when opening a powerpoint file and picking font size drop down menu bar the file is closing,but clicking on other options like Bold, Italic ..etc is not closing the file.I even tried the same by installing XP without SP2 and with SP1a,but the problem is still persisting......can somebody help me out.
 
Do you have a printer driver installed locally? See
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm for specifics.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Giri Moturi via OfficeKB.com said:
i recently formatted and installed Win XP with SP2 and installed
Office97,now the problem is with powerpoint. when opening a powerpoint file
and picking font size drop down menu bar the file is closing,but clicking on
other options like Bold, Italic ..etc is not closing the file.I even tried
the same by installing XP without SP2 and with SP1a,but the problem is still
persisting......can somebody help me out.
 
thanks Echo S,

u reply helped me in thinking printer point of view.the problem is with print spooler service,it has been stopped.my problem solved after starting this service.thanks again
 
Happy to hear you got it resolved!

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Giri Moturi via OfficeKB.com said:
thanks Echo S,

u reply helped me in thinking printer point of view.the problem is with
print spooler service,it has been stopped.my problem solved after starting
this service.thanks again
 

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