Microsoft KB Archive/823969

= Excel 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package: August 10, 2003 =

Article ID: 823969

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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ARTICLE CONTENTS

 * SUMMARY
 * Service pack information
 * Hotfix information
 * Prerequisites
 * Restart information
 * Hotfix replacement information
 * Registry information
 * Hotfix file information
 * REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2002 issues that are fixed in the Excel 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated August 10, 2003.

Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package.

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

826091 XL2002: Some Text Box Hyperlinks Do Not Work After You Save a Workbook As a Web Page

The following issues are also fixed in this hotfix package but were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.  When you manually recalculate an Excel worksheet (press SHIFT+F9) and then you delete some cells in the worksheet while the worksheet is recalculating, Excel may quit unexpectedly. When you edit an embedded Excel object and switch between the Data and Chart sheets, the Excel row and column headings may be turned off. This behavior may occur when you have installed the fix that is described in the following Knowledge Base article:

814020 XL2002: Excel Data Changes Font Format After You Edit the Excel Data in Word



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Service pack information
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3.

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

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, 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.

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Prerequisites
 The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed.

For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2

 The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or later.

For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 OFFXP: 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 with Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1). However, Microsoft has not tested this fix on Office XP SP-1 to the same extent as on Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2). If you install this hotfix on a computer with Office XP SP-1 installed, some file conflicts might occur. Microsoft supports this configuration, but Microsoft does not recommend this configuration.</li></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 package is replaced by a later hotfix package.

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

827134 Excel 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package: August 22, 2003

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Registry information
You must create or modify a registry key to use the one of the hotfixes that is contained in this package.

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

826091 XL2002: Some Text Box Hyperlinks Do Not Work After You Save a Workbook As a Web Page

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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have 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) 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. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Size        File name --  10-Aug-2003  08:11  16,570,264  Excelff.msp (Full-file/Administrative) 10-Aug-2003 06:59   4,694,376  Excelop.msp (Optimized) After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version      Size       File name -  09-Aug-2003  03:18  10.0.5605.0  9,177,656  Excel.exe Note For more information about installing this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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