PPT97: Error Editing Equation Editor Object

ID: Q182745

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you create an Equation Editor object that contains horizontal braces you will not be able to open or edit the object again. If you double-click the Equation Editor object, you receive this error message:

   This equation contains elements that are not available in Equation 
   Editor.

After you click OK, the existing equation is lost.

RESOLUTION

Upgrade to Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows Service Release 1 (SR-1). You can obtain this update from the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/office/Office97/ServiceRelease/SR1/AboutSR1.asp

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. The problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows Service Release 1 (SR-1).

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the problems that are fixed in PowerPoint 97 SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q172004
   TITLE     : PPT97: New Features, Problems Fixed in PowerPoint 97 SR-1

Additional query words: 8.0 patch service release fixes braces equations lost disappears gone editing

Keywords          : kbdta kbeqedit 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: November 26, 1998