PowerPoint / CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context

[S_t_e_v_e]

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

Hello,

After installing Office on a new Mac, I noticed, via Console, that Word (which is the programme I use most of the time) was generating literally hundreds of error messages, of the form "cgbitmapcontextgetdata: invalid context". After puzzling over this for a while, and rooting around to find possible solutions (there appear to be none on offer), I decided to try updating Office.

The update of Office (apparently to version 12.1.7) appears to have solved the problem with Word; when Word is open and running there are no longer any error messages documented in Console such as the one I mentioned above.

However, since I was curious, I opened PowerPoint. Unfortunately, PowerPoint is generating the same type of error message in Console: "CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context".

I've read about this, notably here (http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Office/2396/2) and here (http://www.brunerd.com/blog/2009/05/04/office-2008-out-of-context/), but these pages do not appear to offer solutions. Indeed, one of these pages is quite a few months old, and I was wondering if, in the meantime, anyone might have found a way of putting a stop to the generation of these needless error messages -- or, in other words, of solving this problem.

Thanks for any help anyone might be able to give on this.

Stephen

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

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

Hello,

After installing Office on a new Mac, I noticed, via Console, that Word (which
is the programme I use most of the time) was generating literally hundreds of
error messages, of the form "cgbitmapcontextgetdata: invalid context". After
puzzling over this for a while, and rooting around to find possible solutions
(there appear to be none on offer), I decided to try updating Office.

The update of Office (apparently to version 12.1.7) appears to have solved the
problem with Word; when Word is open and running there are no longer any error
messages documented in Console such as the one I mentioned above.

However, since I was curious, I opened PowerPoint. Unfortunately, PowerPoint
is generating the same type of error message in Console:
"CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context".

I've read about this, notably here
(http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Office/2396/2) and here
(http://www.brunerd.com/blog/2009/05/04/office-2008-out-of-context/), but
these pages do not appear to offer solutions. Indeed, one of these pages is
quite a few months old, and I was wondering if, in the meantime, anyone might
have found a way of putting a stop to the generation of these needless error
messages -- or, in other words, of solving this problem.

Thanks for any help anyone might be able to give on this.

Stephen

Stephen,

Why is this a problem? There is obviously a slight programming glitch with
PP that may be fixed in a future version, as was done with WORD. It is doing
no harm, other than filling up a log. Just ignore it.

 

[rwhite5279]

Why is this a problem?

"Why is this a problem?" It's a problem, Bob, because there are users who regularly monitor their logs, and find their ability to effectively do so hampered by needless junk messages generated by PowerPoint.

The original post had a legitimate and politely-worded question. A response suggesting that the poster "get over it" (my paraphrase) is neither helpful nor civil.

A little more on-topic: the problem remains as of Version 12.1.9.

Sincerely,

Richard