This page is used to support the programs and CDs available to students enrolled in one of the Gavilan Spanish classes.

	Gavilan Spanish Review - GASPAR Program CD: Current Version: 2.20 If you already have an earlier version of the CD, you can exchange it, free of charge, for version2.20 - just bring your CD to the lab.
	Other CDs: Click here for a list of all the Spanish CDs available at the lab.
	Notes, program glitches, patches, fixes: (latest entries are at the top)

Note about VISTA, Office 2007 The Gavilan Spanish programs (Gaspar, Dictionary, etc.) are tested and supported on the version of Microsoft Windows™ currently installed at the College, specifically Windows XP and Office 2003. At present, Gavilan College has no plans to upgrade to Windows VISTA and Office 2007. This significantly limits our ability to test and support our software on these new versions. To the best of our knowledge, Gaspar and the Dictionary work on VISTA. The Dictionary works with Microsoft Office or Word 2003 running on VISTA. The Dictionary can be connected to the Office 2007 version of Word, but the method to connect and the interface is different, both on XP and on VISTA.

 

(09/14/2007) Error connecting Dictionary to Office 2007 This occurs both on XP and on Vista/ When the user opens the MsWord_Readme document on the CD and clicks on Connect, the program reports an error and stops. The toolbar buttons to access the Dictionary, Thesaurus and Accents are missing or inactive. The problem can be corrected by applying the Office patch available here
>>> >>>  >>>	The patch must be applied from the user ID which is trying to Connect the Dictionary to Office 2007 When prompted, select Run, do not select Save Then Open the file MsWord 2007.doc If you receive a Security Warning: Macros have been disabled, click Options… to enable When you are asked Do you want to save the changes..., click No	<<<  <<<  <<<
Problem has been fixed on CDs with a Copyright date of 2007

 

(09/07/2007) Error accessing PDOXUSRS.NET (VISTA systems only) This occurs on Vista machines with multiple users defined - after Gaspar has been installed by the Administrator user ID, when a different user with less privileges attempts to run the application. The problem can be avoided by running Gaspar from the same Administrator ID which installed the program, or by applying the Vista patch available here
>>> >>> >>>	The patch must be run from the Administrator user ID which installed Gaspar originally When prompted, select Run, do not select Save	<<<  <<<  <<<
Problem has been fixed on CDs with a Copyright date of 2007

 

(01/31/2003) Missing lessons in SPAN1B, SPAN8B (XP systems only) They are not really missing - but because Windows XP sorts blank spaces differently than earlier versions, lessons 8 and 9 are listed at the end, instead of at the beginning, before lesson 10. In the Select window, just move the slider to the right to find them! (If it really bothers you, click here to download a program to change 8 to 08, etc.) (Update 01/01/04) Fixed in the current version 2.20

 

(01/31/2003) Messed-up accents on Así Es CD (XP systems only) The Introductory Spanish Multimedia CD included with the Así Es textbook, 3rd Edition, displays some pages with incorrect accents. The video and audio parts are fine, but the text panels may have strange characters in place of some accents. The Publisher is aware of the problem and is "working on a fix"... (Update 07/01/04) Así Es, 4th Edition CD works fine on all systems; no fix for 3rd Ed...