Description of the Microsoft Office Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 21, 2005 (897250)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Word 2003

SUMMARY

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

  • Issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
  • Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
  • Files that the hotfix package contains

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Word 2003 issues that are fixed in the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated April 21, 2005.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issue:

  • 896987 When you run a VBA macro that uses the Range.Copy or the Range.Paste method on a Range object in Word 2003, the macro does not complete, and you receive an error message

This hotfix package also fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you check the spelling of text in an e-mail message, words that are flagged as being misspelled are not highlighted.

    This issue may occur when you use Word 2003 as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.
  • When you try to open a document (document A) in Word 2003 that has been inserted as a linked file in another document (document B), the document (document A) does not open. Additionally, Word 2003 may stop responding.

    This issue may occur when all the following conditions are true:
    • In document B, you insert document A as a linked file in a table.
    • With the field codes turned off in document B, you type some text in the link field that is contained in the table.
    • You update the links in document B.
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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-Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2003 SP1 installed.

    For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 1, 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 the computer after you install this hotfix.

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Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

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Registry information

You must create or modify a registry key to enable one of the hotfixes that this package contains.

For more information about the registry key, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

896987 When you run a VBA macro that uses the Range.Copy or the Range.Paste method on a Range object in Word 2003, the macro does not complete, and you receive an error message

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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.Download information
   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name
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   21-Apr-2005  21:12  11.0.6504.0  6,599,424  Office2003-kb897250-glb.exe
Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
   Date         Time   Size       File name
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   21-Apr-2005  21:11  7,460,352  Winwordff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   21-Apr-2005  21:11  2,595,328  Winwordop.msp (optimized)

After the hotfix is installed, 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
   --------------------------------------------------------
   19-Apr-2005  15:10  11.0.6504.0  12,054,216  Winword.exe

Additional notes:
  • For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
  • For more 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://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011525741033.aspx

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REFERENCES

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected after the software 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
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