XL2000: Drawings in Files That Are Created in Versions of Excel Before Excel 97 Are Not Displayed Correctly (321244)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 2000, when used with:
This article was previously published under Q321244 SYMPTOMS Embedded metafiles in Excel 2000 spreadsheets may not be
displayed properly on a Windows 2000-based system. The layering may appear
jumbled, hiding parts of the drawings. If the problem objects are manually
ungrouped, large areas of solid-filled rectangles may be displayed and vertical
lines may no longer be vertical. Additionally, lines may not meet at corners,
but either overlap or cross at inappropriate spots.
NOTE: These metafiles display properly in Excel 2000 on Microsoft
Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98-based systems. CAUSE In versions of Excel earlier than Excel 2000, certain
undefined behavior is relied upon in certain metafiles. With Excel 2000's
metafile playback functionality, this undefined behavior no longer functions
correctly, and therefore the metafiles that rely upon this behavior are not
displayed correctly. RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, obtain the latest
service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack The English version of this fix has the file
attributes (or later) 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.
Date Time Version Size File name
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25-APR-2002 00:28:44 N/A 1,945,936 MSO9.msp
25-APR-2002 00:28:48 N/A 4,036,272 MSO9_Admin.msp
After the hotfix is installed, the English version of this fix
will have the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following
table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal
time (UTC).
Date Time Version Size File name
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22-APR-2002 22:54:39 9.0.0.6418 5,599,281 mso9.dll
STATUSMicrosoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
This problem was first corrected in
Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/27/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbOffice2000SP3Fix kbbug kbfix kbOffice2000preSP3fix KB321244 |
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