XL2000: Invalid Page Fault Error Opening Workbook with Embedded Enhanced Metafile

When you attempt to open a workbook in Microsoft Excel, you may receive the following error message:

The problem may occur under the following conditions:

• You point to Picture on the Insert menu, and then click From File and insert an enhanced metafile into an Excel workbook.
• The enhanced metafile is an anisotropic metafile.
• You open the Display tool in Control Panel and set the screen resolution to 1024 X 768.

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.