Microsoft KB Archive/891578

= Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 9, 2005 =

Article ID: 891578

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Office Visio 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
 * Issues that the hotfix package fixes
 * MORE INFORMATION
 * Hotfix information
 * Prerequisites
 * Restart information
 * Hotfix replacement information
 * Registry information
 * Hotfix file information
 * REFERENCES



INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Microsoft Office Visio 2003 issue that is fixed in the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated January 9, 2005.

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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 duplicate a group of shapes by using the Move Shapes wizard, the duplicated group does not move as you expect.

This issue occurs when one of the subshapes in the group has been resized outside the group boundary.

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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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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 Office 2003 SP1 installed. For additional information about Visio 2003 SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

873460 How to obtain the latest service pack for Visio 2003

 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 not replaced by any later hotfix.

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Registry information
You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to enable 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 issues 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 --  09-Jan-2005  23:11  6.0.2800.1168     337,648  Visio2003-kb891578-fullfile-glb.exe

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
  Date         Time   Size       File name --  09-Jan-2005  23:06  1,103,360  Visio2003-kb891578-fullfile.msp

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 -  09-Jan-2005  20:29  11.0.4906.0     434,416  Aecutils.dll

Additional notes:  For additional information about installing this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.</li> For additional information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the &quot;Strategies for updating Office 2003 installations&quot; 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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