Description of the Portuguese (Brazilian) proofing tools for the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 29, 2005 (906361)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office XP Professional
  • Microsoft Office XP Standard
  • Microsoft Office XP Small Business
  • Microsoft Office XP Students and Teachers
  • Microsoft Office XP Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2002
  • Microsoft Excel 2002
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2002
  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  • Microsoft Publisher 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft Office XP Multilingual User Interface Pack

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Portuguese (Brazilian) proofing tools for the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Office XP. This article describes the following information about the hotfix package:

  • Issue 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

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Office XP issue that is fixed in the Portuguese (Brazilian) proofing tools for Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated August 29, 2005.

Issue that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • You have a document that is in an Office XP program. The document contains text that is in the Portuguese (Brazilian) language. When you check the spelling of the text that is in the document, you may receive the following error message:
    The custom dictionary path:\filename is not available
    Note The placeholder path:\filename is a placeholder for the path and the file name of the custom dictionary.

    This problem may occur if the text in the custom dictionary contains any one of the following characters:
    • A quotation mark (")
    • An exclamation mark (!)
    • An asterisk (*)
    • A question mark (?)

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.

Prerequisites

  • Both the optimized version and the full-file version of this hotfix are a post-Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.

    For more 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 more 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.

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to enable any hotfixes that this package contains.

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.

Portuguese (Brazilian) version of Office XP

The Portuguese (Brazilian) 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
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   29-Aug-2005  21:46  1,114,112  Mssp3pbff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   29-Aug-2005  21:46  1,075,200  Mssp3pbop.msp (optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the Portuguese (Brazilian) 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
   ---------------------------------------------------
   08-Nov-2001  11:25             994,304  Mssp3pb.dll
   10-Aug-2005  08:07  7.0.12.13  434,176  Mssp3pb.lex

Microsoft Office XP Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI)

The Office XP MUI 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
   --------------------------------------------------------
   29-Aug-2005  21:46  3,469,312  Ptblpkff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   29-Aug-2005  21:45  1,092,096  Ptblpkop.msp (optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the Office XP MUI 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
   --------------------------------------------------------
   23-Jun-2003  14:56  10.0.5417.0    133,688  Contab32.dll     
   05-May-2004  01:47  10.0.6713.0    113,352  Emablt32.dll     
   04-Feb-2005  12:39  10.0.6750.0    196,608  Emsabp32.dll
   11-Mar-2003  21:46  10.0.5025.0    543,288  Emsmdb32.dll
   27-Jun-2003  18:54  10.0.5201.0    129,592  Emsui32.dll
   27-May-2003  13:04  7.0.0.11     1,278,015  Msgren32.dll
   04-Feb-2005  12:39  10.0.6750.0    851,968  Msmapi32.dll
   26-Jun-2003  18:53  10.0.4510.0    535,096  Mspst32.dll
   08-Nov-2001  11:25                 994,304  Mssp3pb.lex
   10-Aug-2005  08:07  7.0.12.13      434,176  Mssp3pb.dll
   04-Feb-2005  12:39  10.0.6750.0    749,568  Outex.dll        
   07-May-2003  22:23  10.0.5229.0  2,050,616  Outllibr.dll     
   07-Jul-2003  19:57  10.0.5501.0    338,488  Pstprx32.dll
Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

REFERENCES

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

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/3/2006
Keywords:kbproof kbBug kbQFE kbfix kbHotfixRollup kbOfficeXPpostSP3fix KB906361 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
©2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.