Article ID: 925875 - Last Review: September 11, 2007 - Revision: 1.4

Word 2003 stops responding (hangs) when you try to use the "Detect language automatically" feature

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SYMPTOMS

You try to use the "Detect language automatically" feature in Microsoft Office Word 2003. When you do this, Word stops responding (hangs). When you view the Processes tab in Task Manager, you see that Word.exe is using 100% of the CPU resources.

RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Word 2003 Hotfix Package that is dated October 2, 2006. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
924782  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924782/ ) Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: October 2, 2006

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
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