Microsoft KB Archive/887610

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

Article ID: 887610

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released the Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 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 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 PowerPoint 2002 issue that is fixed in the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated October 31, 2004.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes
The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package:  

887611 Language detection problems with Japanese KANJI characters in PowerPoint 2002 presentations



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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.back to the top

Prerequisites
 The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.

For additional 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 additional 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. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, we have tested this fix on Office XP SP3 more extensively than we have on Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.</ul>

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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 replaced by a later hotfix.

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

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

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Registry information
You must create or modify a registry key to use the hotfix that this package contains.

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

887611 Language detection problems with Japanese KANJI characters in PowerPoint 2002 presentations

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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.After yo <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Size       File name --  31-Oct-2004  08:38  9,814,016  Powerpntff.msp (administrative) 31-Oct-2004 08:24  4,035,584  Powerpntop.msp (optimized) u install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or later file attributes, that are listed in the following table. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version      Size       File name 29-Oct-2004 20:38  10.0.6738.0  5,991,112  Powerpnt.exe Note For additional information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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