Microsoft KB Archive/915743

= Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 24, 2006 =

Article ID: 915743

Article Last Modified on 3/13/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released the February 24, 2006 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Word 2002. 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 your 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 to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
 * The files that the hotfix package contains



INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Word 2002 issues that are fixed in the Microsoft Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated February 24, 2006.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:  When you programmatically step through the Revisions collection in a Word 2002 document, some revision objects may be skipped. Additionally, some revision objects may be accessed more than one time. When this problem occurs, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '5852'. Requested object is not available.

 When you try to accept the revisions in a Word 2002 document programmatically, the revisions are not accepted. Additionally, Word 2002 may stop responding (hang).



Hotfix information
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.

Prerequisites
 The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To apply the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed. For more information about Office XP SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

832671 Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

 The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer version 2.0 or a later version of Windows Installer. For more information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 Office XP updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0



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

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

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

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.

After you apply the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.

Note For more information about how to apply this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.

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