Microsoft KB Archive/897243

= Description of the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 13, 2005 =

Article ID: 897243

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. This article describes the following information about the hotfix package:''


 * Issues that the hotfix package fixes
 * Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
 * Information about whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
 * Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
 * Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
 * Files that the hotfix package contains



Article contents

 * INTRODUCTION
 * Issue 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 2003 issue that is fixed in the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated April 13, 2005.

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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 open a presentation in PowerPoint 2003, some of the characters in a line of text may disappear. Or, some of the characters may appear to be overlapped by other characters. Additionally, text in a text box may wrap more tightly than expected. This causes the characters in the text to be crowded together.

This issue occurs because PowerPoint 2003 does not enumerate the fonts that are available on the computer until it is absolutely necessary. PowerPoint 2003 assumes that the fonts that are used in a presentation use standard widths and standard heights. If a font uses non-standard widths and non-standard heights, some of the characters in the font will be truncated, will disappear, or will wrap more tightly than expected.

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Service pack information
This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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Prerequisites
The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:  The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2003 SP1 installed. For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

842532 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1

 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 2003 with Office 2003 SP1 installed or on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed. However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on a computer that is running Office 2003 with Office 2003 SP1 installed than we have on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.

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

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

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Registry information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to enable any hotfixes that this package contains.

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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.

Download information
  Date         Time   Version         Size       File name --  14-Apr-2005  13:47  5.0.2919.6304   3,269,664  Office2003-kb897243-glb.exe

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
  Date         Time   Size       File name 13-Apr-2005 20:28  5,683,712  Powerpntff.msp (full-file/administrative) 13-Apr-2005 18:48  1,981,952  Powerpntop.msp (optimized)

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name --  10-Apr-2005  02:27  11.0.6503.0     6,138,056  Powerpnt.exe

Additional notes:  For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.</li> For more information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the &quot;Strategies for updating Office 2003 installations&quot; topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/patch_o2k3.htm

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