XL7 Patch Available: 15-Digit Number, Linking, and Transpose (128650)

SUMMARY

A patch for Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 is currently available from Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). The patch corrects the following problems:

The value of certain 15-digit numbers may change unexpectedly.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
139803 XL: Wrong Value When Values Pasted with Paste Special
A link from one sheet to the same cell or range in another sheet in the same workbook is not updated automatically.
Microsoft Excel becomes unstable when you transpose a range that contains a reference.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
139166 XL7: Excel Hangs When You Save a Pasted Transposed Function
Microsoft Excel may not recalculate correctly when you have two or more cells that are dependent through a formula to another specific cell. If a number in the source cell is changed, recalculation may not occur in the other cells that are dependent on this source cell.

The patch, which is for use only with Microsoft Excel 7.0, modifies Microsoft Excel so that the above problems no longer occur. A separate patch is available for Microsoft Excel 5.0c.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

128332 WE1254: 15-Digit Number Patch for MS Excel Version 5.0c

MORE INFORMATION

To Obtain the Patch

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Xl15link.exe now

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

If you are unable to access the source(s) listed above, you can have the patch, part number 065-054-S61, mailed to you by calling Microsoft Product Support Services Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Pacific time at (425) 635-7070. If you are outside the United States, contact the Microsoft subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/

To Install the Patch

This procedure assumes that you have already downloaded and extracted the compressed file.

At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following, and then press ENTER

copy <source>:\*.* <location>

where <source> is either the letter of your floppy disk drive or the folder (directory) that contains the file that you downloaded from online services, and <location> is the path to your Microsoft Excel folder. For example, if you are copying the file from a floppy disk that you inserted in drive A, and C:\Excel is the path to your Excel folder, type:

copy a:\*.* c:\excel

Or, for example, if you downloaded the XL15link.exe file from online services to C:\Dnload, and C:\Excel is the path to your Microsoft Excel folder, type:

copy c:\dnload\*.* c:\excel

The following files are copied to your Microsoft Excel folder:
```
      Patchxl.exe        25,600  10-19-95  2:26a
      Readme.txt         9,405  10-25-95  5:13p
					
```
Quit Microsoft Excel if it is running.
In Windows Explorer, double-click the Patchxl.exe file in your Microsoft Excel folder.

When the patch has completed modifying Microsoft Excel, a message appears.