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


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 the hotfix package fixes
  • 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 October 31, 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 try to use pre-reform rules to check the spelling of text in a workbook in the German version of Microsoft Excel 2002, Excel 2002 continues to use post-reform rules.

    For example, when you check the pre-reform spelling of the word "Faß," the word "Faß" is flagged as misspelled. The post-reform word "Fass" is suggested as the correct spelling.
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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 Microsoft 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 Microsoft 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:

888405 Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 12, 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 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
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   31-Oct-2004   06:51   16,583,168   Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   31-Oct-2004   05:45    4,964,864   Excelop.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 table:
   Date          Time    Version       Size        File name
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   29-Oct-2004   21:38   10.0.6738.0   9,190,080   Excel.exe
Note For additional information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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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
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