PowerPoint X crashes when I start spell checking

[Xavier Hernandez]

Sometimes, not always, and it seems when I start for the first time in a
PowerPoint session, if I ctrl-click on a word (to spell check) I see the
dreaded beach ball and then PowerPoint crashes.

I start again PowerPoint with the same presentation and I can continue to
work with no problems (maybe lost some changes) What is going on?

Also, a second problem, after working for a while on a presentation, when I
type an accented letter (i.e. like á) instead of getting the accented letter
I get the letter without an accent and a large space, as if I had tabbed,
and cant get to type any accented letter (working on a Spanish language
document). But if I close the document then quit PowerPoint and start again
the problem is gone !

Thanks for any help regarding these two issues.