Languages installed by Office XP Multilingual User Interface Pack appear in Office 2000 Help (280543)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office XP
  • Microsoft Office XP Developer
  • Microsoft Office XP Professional
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q280543

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Office XP on the same computer on which you have Microsoft Office 2000 installed, and you also install the Office XP Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI), the installed Office XP languages may unexpectedly appear in the Display help in box in the Office 2000 Language Settings dialog box.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the languages that you installed for Office 2000 are different from the languages that you installed for Office XP. This behavior occurs only on Microsoft Windows 2000-based computers.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, install the same languages for Office XP that you installed for Office 2000.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/23/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB280543
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