Microsoft KB Archive/269071

= XL2000: JPN: Excel Crashes When You Type Two-Digit Number and Character =

Article ID: 269071

Article Last Modified on 5/23/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q269071



NOTE: The information in this article applies to the Japanese version%3 of Excel.



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 2000, Japanese version, when you type data that contains a combination of a two-digit number and one character, Excel may stop responding (crash).



CAUSE
Excel incorrectly regards a combination of a two-digit number and one character (such as '02E') as an ordinal-quarter-year format, which causes an access violation.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kboffice2000sp2fix kboffice2000presp2fix kbqfe KB269071

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