OFF2000: Indexing Service Fails to Index Files That Contain Range Names (308351)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q308351 SYMPTOMS
The Indexing Service does not index certain Excel files correctly. The Excel files that fail to be indexed contain range names (aliases for ranges of cells in sheets). If these range names refer to a range that is specified as a fully qualified range, which may be another range name or a range that is prefixed with a sheet name or a workbook file name, the Indexing Service cannot extract textual content from these Excel files.
Examples of such names include the following:
some_name = sheet1!some_other_name (This is problematic.)
some_name = workbook_filename.xsl!some_other_name (This is problematic.)
some_name = some_other_name (This works correctly.)
sheet1!some_name = some_other_name (This works correctly.)
workbook_filename.xsl!some_name = some_other_name (This works correctly.)
NOTE: Fully qualified names work correctly, but these names cannot refer to fully qualified ranges.
CAUSE
This problem is a limitation of the Indexing Service's Excel IFilter.
RESOLUTIONA supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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28-Nov-2001 13:24 2001.10.5.0 212KB Offfilt.dll
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB308351 |
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