Microsoft KB Archive/943075

= Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package: October 9, 2007 =

Article ID: 943075

Article Last Modified on 11/30/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007

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SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 issue that is fixed in the Excel 2007 hotfix package that is dated October 9, 2007.

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:
 * When you perform a calculation in Excel 2007, the following behavior occurs:
 * The result of the calculation is a number from 65534.99999999995 to 65535. The calculation is performed correctly. However, the result is incorrectly shown as 100000.
 * The result of the calculation is a number from 65535.99999999995 to 65536. The calculation is performed correctly. However, the result is incorrectly shown as 100001.



MORE INFORMATION
To resolve this problem, apply this hotfix. After you apply the hotfix, recalculate the spreadsheets that are in manual calculation mode. When you do this, the values in the spreadsheet will be updated to the correct values.

Hotfix information
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Excel 2007 hotfix package now.

Release Date: October 9, 2007

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for installing this hotfix.

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

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later 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 the 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.Download information

Excel 2007

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:

Excel Converter

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:

Graph

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:

OfficeArt

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:

OfficeArt Conversion

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 software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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



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