Microsoft KB Archive/265075

= XL2000: Office Indexing Filter (Offfilt.dll) May Not Completely Filter Excel Files =

Article ID: 265075

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q265075



SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Office Indexing filter, Offfilt.dll, which is used to index Microsoft Office files, may not completely filter Excel XLS files.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use the appropriate method for your operating system.

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

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date         Time   Version      Size     File name -  08-Sep-2000  13:54  2000.7.28.0  229,442  Offfilt.dll

Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
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.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time   Version      Size     File name    Platform --  28-Jul-2000 15:49  2000.7.28.0  229,442  OffFilt.dll  Windows NT   28-Jul-2000 16:16  2000.7.28.0  229,442  OffFilt.dll  Windows 95/98/ME



Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about a related problem, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

264484 Word Tables Are Not Indexed Correctly When Adjacent Cells Contain Digits

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