Description of the update for Office XP: May 19, 2006 (910474)


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 Excel 2002
  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2002

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office XP. This article describes information about how to obtain the update and contains a list of issues that are fixed by the update. This article also describes how to determine whether the update is installed.

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office XP. This update provides Rich Text Format improvements. The update also provides the framework for a converter. The converter opens and saves files by using the Open XML file format that is new to the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

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Update details

List of issues that the update fixes

The update for Office XP (KB910474) fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles.

Microsoft Excel 2002

915495 Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 8, 2006

Microsoft Office XP

829349 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for MSO.DLL: May 9, 2004

Microsoft PowerPoint 2002

830007 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 6, 2004

867812 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 24, 2004

870768 PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 6, 2004

887610 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 31, 2004

887969 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 25, 2004

889172 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 10, 2004

894877 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 24, 2005

895319 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 3, 2005

897244 Description of the Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: April 21, 2005

906197 Description of the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 6, 2005

Microsoft Word 2002

915035 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 14, 2006

915361 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 20, 2006

915743 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 24, 2006

916561 Description of Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 13, 2006

917581 Description of Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 31, 2006

Installation details

Prerequisites

You must have the following software updates installed to apply this update:
  • Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)

    You must have Office XP SP3 installed to apply this update. For more information about how to obtain Office XP SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP service pack

  • Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later (Windows XP users only)

    You must have Windows XP SP1 installed to apply this update. For more information about how to obtain Windows XP SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 (SP4) or later Windows 2000 service packs (Windows 2000 users only)

    You must have Windows 2000 SP4 or a later Windows 2000 service pack installed to apply this update. For more information about how to obtain Windows 2000 SP4, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    260910 How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack

Additional requirements

After you install this update, you must apply the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (Beta 2). For more information about how to obtain the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2), visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx

If you do not install the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2), you may be prompted to download and to install the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2) in the future.

For more information about the issues that may occur if you do not install the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

919026 Error message when you try to open or to save a Microsoft Office 2007 file: "Do you want to download a compatibility pack so that you can work with this file"

Removal information

To remove this update, use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.

Note You may not have the option to remove the update from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. For more information about how to remove certain Office updates by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

903771 Information about the ability to uninstall Office updates

How to obtain and to install the update

The client updateTo obtain and to install the client update, follow these steps:
  1. Download the client update to a folder on your computer. To obtain the client update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx

  2. In the folder in which you downloaded the update, double-click the OfficeXP-kb910474-fullfile-enu.exe file to start the installation of the update for Office XP (KB910474).
  3. If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.
  4. Click Yes to accept the license agreement.
  5. Insert the Office XP CD-ROM if you are prompted, and then click OK.
  6. If you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.
The administrative updateIf you installed Office XP from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location by using the administrative update. Then, the server administrator must deploy the update to your computer.

If you are the server administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update:
  1. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, create a new folder on drive C, and then name the folder "KB910474".
  2. Download the administrative update to the KB910474 folder that you created in step 1. To obtain the update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx

  3. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
  4. At the command prompt, type the following commands. Press ENTER after each line. 
    cd\kb910474

OfficeXP-kb910474-fullfile-enu.exe /c /t:c:\kb910474
  5. Click Yes to accept the license agreement.

    The following files will be extracted to the KB910474 folder:
    • Excelff.msp
    • Powerpntff.msp
    • Winwordff.msp
  6. If you are familiar with the procedure for updating your administrative installation, click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:

    msiexec /a AdminPath\MSI File /p C:\kb910474\MSP File SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE

    In this command, AdminPath is the path of your administrative installation point for Office XP. For example, you can type C:\OfficeXP. MSI File is the name of the .msi database package for the Office XP program. For example, you can type Pro10.msi. MSP File is the name of the administrative update.

    Note You can append the /qb+ switch to the command line. When you use this switch, the Office XP Administrative Installation dialog box and the End User License Agreement dialog box do not appear.
  7. To deploy the update to the client workstations, click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:

    msiexec /i AdminPath\MSI File REINSTALL=Feature List REINSTALLMODE=vomu

    In this command, AdminPath is the path of your administrative installation point for Office XP. For example, you can type C:\OfficeXP. MSI File is the name of the MSI database package for the Office XP program. For example, you can type Pro10.msi. Feature List is the list of feature names that have to be reinstalled for the update. The feature names in the feature list are case sensitive. To install all features, you can use the REINSTALL=ALL command. Or, you can use the command-line options in the following table to install the appropriate feature:
    Feature to installCommand-line option
    Excel 2002EXCELFiles
    PowerPoint 2002PPTFiles
    Word 2002WORDFiles
  8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 as appropriate for each .msp file until all .msp files have been installed.
Note You must restart the computer after you apply this update.

The Office Admin Update Center for Office IT professionals contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information about the Office Admin Update Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011511561033.aspx

How to determine whether the update is installed

The update for Office XP (KB910474) contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.
File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTime
Excel.exe10.0.6793.09,354,57603-Mar-200600:11
Powerpnt.exe10.0.6798.06,097,68015-Apr-200601:10
Winword.exe10.0.6798.010,709,77615-Apr-200601:10
You do not have to install this update if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the table. For more information about how to determine the version of Office XP that is installed on your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

291331 How to check the version of Office XP

Information for administrators about .msp files

The update for Office XP (KB910474) consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file) that is packaged in a self-extracting executable file.

The .msp files in the following table are distributed in this update.
Name of .msp fileDescription
Excelff.mspApplies to Excel 2002
Powerpntff.mspApplies to PowerPoint 2002
Winwordff.mspApplies to Word 2002
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/12/2006
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