Microsoft KB Archive/888510

= Description of the proofing tools update for the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 18, 2004 =

Article ID: 888510

Article Last Modified on 8/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released the proofing tools update for the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Office XP. 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



Article contents

 * INTRODUCTION
 * Issues 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 Office XP issue that is fixed in the proofing tools update for the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated November 18, 2004.

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Issues 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 determine the readability statistics of your document, the Flesch Reading Ease value may be different from a manually calculated value.

To determine the readability statistics of your document, follow these steps:  On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Spelling & Grammar tab, click to select the Show readability statistics check box, and then click OK. On the Tools menu, click Spelling and Grammar.

To manually calculate the Flesch Reading Ease value of your document, follow these steps:  Count the number of words in the document.</li> Count the number of syllables in the document.</li> Count the number of sentences in the document.</li> Calculate the average sentence length (ASL) value. To do this, divide the number of words in the document by the number of sentences in the document.</li> Calculate the average number of syllables per word (ASW) value. To do this, divide the number of syllables in the document by the number of words in the document.</li> Use the following formula to calculate the Flesch Reading Ease value of your document:

Flesch Reading Ease = 206.835 - (1.015 X ASL) – (84.6 X ASW)

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For more information about the Flesch Reading Ease formula, visit the following University of Memphis Web site:

http://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cohmetrix/readabilityresearch.htm

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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.

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Prerequisites
<ul> The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed. For additional 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

</li> The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer version 2.0 or a later version. For additional 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

</li> 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 XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, we have tested this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP3 more extensively than we have on a computer that is running Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do 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 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 use the hotfix that this package contains.

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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issue 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. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date          Time    Size        File name --  18-Nov-2004   11:28   8,030,720   Msgr3enff.msp (full-file/administrative) 17-Nov-2004  15:40   3,188,224   Msgr3enop.msp (optimized) After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date          Time    Version      Size        File name --  04-Oct-2004   18:27   3.1.0.7004   3,166,208   Msgr3en.dll 04-Oct-2004  14:26                3,788,603   Msgr3en.lex Note For additional information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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