Microsoft KB Archive/922928

= Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 23, 2006 =

Article ID: 922928

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2002 issue that is fixed in the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated August 23, 2006.

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 the 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.
 * The files that the hotfix package contains.



Issue that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:  Consider the following scenario. You create a drawing on a worksheet in Excel 2002. You delete the drawing, and then you delete the worksheet. When you try to paste the drawing as a picture in a different worksheet or in a different Microsoft Office program, the picture is not pasted. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that resembles the following error signature.

Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.





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
This hotfix package is a post Office XP Service Pack 3 hotfix package. To install the hotfix package, you must have Office XP Service Pack 3 installed. For more information about Office XP Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP service pack

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

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

Registry information
To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information
This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

The global version of this hotfix package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

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 terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates



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