Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package: January 13, 2005 (890747)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Student and Teachers Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Access 2003

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Office 2003. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

  • Issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
  • Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
  • Files that the hotfix package contains

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Office 2003 issue that is fixed in the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated January 13, 2005.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes

The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package, but was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • You receive a program error and you must shut down Microsoft Office Word 2003 after you install and use the Hungarian Grammar checker from Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003. This problem occurs when you create a paragraph that contains only extended characters. The paragraph may contain a single extended character or a series of the same extended character. For example, an extended character may be a fraction character or the smiley face character. Version 3.2.0.2 of MSGRHU32.dll is known to exhibit this problem. This file is included with Microsoft Office 2003 and Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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MORE INFORMATION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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.

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Prerequisites

The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:
  • The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2003 SP1 installed. For additional information about Office 2003 SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    842532 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1

  • The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 with SP1 installed or without SP1 installed. However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on Office 2003 with SP1 than we have on Office 2003 without SP1. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 without SP1, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.

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Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

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Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

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Registry information

You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to activate any hotfixes that this package contains.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. The Hungarian version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Download information.

Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
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17-Jan-2005  01:32  1.3.1.4         4,126,456  216776_intl_i386_zip.exe 
13-Jan-2005  21:37  5.0.2919.6304   4,062,240  Office2003-kb890747-glb.exe


Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information.

Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
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13-Jan-2005  19:58  2,240,512                  Ptkff.msp (full-file/administrative)
13-Jan-2005  19:56  2,182,144                  Ptkop.msp (optimized)


After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table: 

Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
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20-Jun-2004  15:11  5.1.3019.1      6,215,168  Msgr3fr.dll
20-Jun-2004  06:04                         25  Msgr3fr.lex
07-Jan-2004  22:56  3.2.0.3           139,337  Msgrhu32.dll
06-Oct-2004  21:16  3.0.7.6           155,648  Mssp3nl.dll
24-Nov-2004  20:08  2.53.0.0          163,840  Mssp3sw.dll


Additional notes:
  • For additional information about installing this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
  • For additional information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/patch_o2k3.htm

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REFERENCES

For additional information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when correcting software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates


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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, disable the Check grammar as you type option and the Label text with smart tags option in Word 2003. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Start Word 2003.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  3. On the Spelling & Grammar tab, click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box, and then click OK.
  4. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options.
  5. On the Smart Tags tab, click to clear the Label text with smart tags check box and then click OK.
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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kberrmsg kbinterop kbfix kbHotfixRollup kbOffice2003preSP2fix KB890747 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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