Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 24, 2004 (886673)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2002

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Excel 2002. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

  • The issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
  • The 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 the hotfix package contains

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2002 issue that is fixed in the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated September 24, 2004.

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Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package

This hotfix package also fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • Text and text boxes may be missing from a chart that you copy as a picture in Excel 2002 and past as a picture into another program. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. Click to select the chart in Excel 2002.
    2. Press the SHIFT key, and then click Copy Picture.
    3. Click As shown on screen, and then click either Picture or Bitmap.
    4. Click OK.
    5. Paste the chart into a Microsoft Word document, a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, or other Microsoft Office program.
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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 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:

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 version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    832671 Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

  • The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer version 2.0 or a later version. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    330537 Office XP updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0

  • 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 XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, we have tested this fix on Office XP SP3 more extensively than we have on Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, 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 replaced by a later hotfix.

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889184 Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 31, 2004



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Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to use 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 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
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   24-Sep-2004  19:29 16,585,216  Excelff.msp (Full-File/Administrative)
   24-Sep-2004  18:19  5,022,208  Excelop.msp (Optimized)
   27-Sep-2004  21:40  5,619,200  Graphff.msp (Full-File/Administrative)
   24-Sep-2004  20:21  2,611,200  Graphop.msp (Optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following tables:

Contents of Excelff.msp:
   Date         Time   Version      Size        File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   24-Sep-2004  00:39  10.0.6733.0   9,190,080  Excel.exe


Contents of Graphff.msp:
   Date         Time   Version      Size        File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   24-Sep-2004  00:39  10.0.6733.0   2,144,960  Graph.exe
Note For additional information about installing this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.back to the top

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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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE kbfix kbHotfixRollup kbOfficeXPpostSP3fix KB886673
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