Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: October 18, 2004 (887609)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003

SUMMARY

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

  • Issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • 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 Excel 2003 issue that is fixed in the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated October 18, 2004.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you create a worksheet that contains end-user-defined characters (EUDC) on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP, the font may change to MingLiU, and your EUDC characters may change to Chinese characters. When this issue occurs, you cannot change the font of the EUDC characters.


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MORE INFORMATION

Service pack information

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

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 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 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 Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 installed. For more 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 Office 2003 SP1 installed or on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed.

    However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on a computer that is running Office 2003 with Office 2003 SP1 installed than we have on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed, 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 more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889185 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 11, 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 issue that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain of 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.

Download information
   Date          Time    Version         Size        File name
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   18-Oct-2004   18:25   5.0.2919.6304   6,329,888   Office2003-kb887609-glb.exe

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
   Date          Time    Size        File name
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   18-Oct-2004   01:15   8,431,616   Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   17-Oct-2004   23:39   2,967,552   Excelop.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
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   16-Oct-2004   16:30   11.0.6409.0   10,089,152   Excel.exe

Notes
  • For additional information about how to install 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 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 kbOffice2003SP2fix kbFont kbformat kbBug kbfix kbHotfixRollup kbOffice2003preSP2fix KB887609 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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