Microsoft KB Archive/938790

= Issues that are fixed in Excel 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3 =

Article ID: 938790

Article Last Modified on 9/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office 2003 that contains fixes for Microsoft Office Excel 2003.



INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office Excel 2003. Office 2003 SP3 contains security improvements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some fixes that are included in Office 2003 SP3 were previously released in Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or as separate updates. Office 2003 SP3 combines previously released fixes into one update. For more information about Office 2003 SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

923618 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3



Downloadable list of issues that the service pack fixes
A Microsoft Office Excel workbook is available that contains a list of the Excel 2003 issues that are fixed by Office 2003 SP3.

Note The workbook is in English. The workbook will not be translated into any other languages.

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

Download the Office2003System_SP3Changes.exe package now. Release Date: September 18, 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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Issues that were previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
Office 2003 SP2 fixes the Excel 2003 issues that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

898778 Description of the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005



899332 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for the German Solver add-in and for the Polish Solver add-in: November 14, 2005



901019 Description of the Spanish version of Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 9, 2005



903240 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 7, 2005



903246 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 7, 2005



904826 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package (Analys32.xll): November 7, 2005



904828 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005



905409 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package (Vbe6.dll): April 12, 2006



917876 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 10, 2006



919001 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: May 8, 2006



923335 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: July 27, 2006



925151 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: September 18, 2006



925794 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: October 2, 2006



929435 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 6, 2006



931662 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 26, 2007



931664 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 26, 2007



Issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
Office 2003 SP3 also fixes the following Excel 2003 issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

In the Spanish version of Excel 2003, Excel 2003 changes the L1C1 reference style to the F1C1 reference style

In the Spanish version of Excel 2003, you use the L1C1 reference style. However, when you select an area in a worksheet, Excel 2003 displays the area in the F1C1 reference style instead of in the L1C1 reference style.

When you open a large workbook from a slow network share, Excel 2003 may open the workbook without displaying the &quot;Security Warning&quot; dialog box

In Excel 2003, you open a large workbook from a slow network share. In this case, Excel 2003 opens this workbook without displaying the &quot;Security Warning&quot; dialog box. Additionally, Excel 2003 disables the macros in the workbook.

Error signature details
When you use Excel 2003, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

Microsoft Office Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. To see what data this error report contains, click here.

When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that resembles one of the following error signatures.

Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.

Keywords: kbtshoot kbfix kbupdate kbexpertiseadvanced kbexpertiseinter kbexpertisebeginner kboffice2003sp3fix KB938790

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