Description of the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 20, 2004 (841881)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Excel 2000. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

  • Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
  • Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
  • Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
  • Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
  • Whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
  • The files that are contained in the hotfix package

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2000 issue that is fixed in the Microsoft Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix package that is dated May 20, 2004.

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Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package

The following issue is also fixed in this hotfix package but was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you import a CSV file to an Excel 2000 workbook that contains numeric data in the format of ####,####, the format changes to ##.###. In this example, # is any number, you are using European style decimal indicators, the comma is the decimal point symbol, and full stop is the digital grouping symbol.
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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 2000 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 telephone 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 optimized and the full-file versions of this hotfix are a post-Office 2000 SP3 hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2000 SP3 installed.

    For more information about Office 2000 SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    326585 Description of the Office 2000 Service Pack 3

  • This hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or later. For more information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    811002 Office 2000 updates and patches released after November 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0

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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 replaced by a later hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

842525 Description of the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 24, 2004

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Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that are contained in this package.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that you must have 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 global 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.
   Date         Time   Size       File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   20-May-2004  23:15  4,423,156  Excelff.msp (Full-File/Administrative)
   20-May-2004  23:00  1,793,524  Excelop.msp (Optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:
   Date         Time   Version      Size        File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   18-May-2004  19:33  9.0.0.8914   7,163,949   Excel.exe
Note For more information about installing this hotfix package, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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REFERENCES

For more 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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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbOffice2000preSP4fix kbHotfixRollup kbBug kbfix KB841881
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