powerpoint appears to cause computer restart

[chocolatemandan]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hi,

I have been having a ongoing problem that others seem to have with constant generation of error messages that are logged in the console. What I am seeing now is that after a massive number of these, my computer is crashing. I believe this has gotten significantly worse since the last update from Office.

As an example, here are the last messages where the crash happened.

16/12/2008 08:56:46 [0x0-0x22022].com.microsoft.Powerpoint[200] Tue Dec 16 08:56:46 Macintosh-6.local Microsoft PowerPoint[200] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context
16/12/2008 08:57:28 [0x0-0x22022].com.microsoft.Powerpoint[200] Tue Dec 16 08:57:28 Macintosh-6.local Microsoft PowerPoint[200] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context
16/12/2008 08:57:28 [0x0-0x22022].com.microsoft.Powerpoint[200] Tue Dec 16 08:57:28 Macintosh-6.local Microsoft PowerPoint[200] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context
16/12/2008 08:59:36 SyncServer[254] SyncServer: Truth vacuumed. Next vacuum date 2008-12-30 08:59:26 +0000
16/12/2008 09:20:26 kernel npvhash=4095
16/12/2008 09:20:25 com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist

Any help appreciated

 

[Ray Dixon]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have just updated to 12.1.5 and I am also seeing exactly the same errors
in the system log. I thought the CGBitmapContextGetData error was supposed
to be fixed in previous updates!?

Incidentally, both Powerpoint and Word crashed repeatedly after the upgrade
but were more stable after a reboot.

Microsoft should be ashamed of this mess. I am seriously considering a move
to NeoOffice, which may be equally buggy, but at least I won't have to pay
for it!