Microsoft KB Archive/915035

= Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 14, 2006 =

Article ID: 915035

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released the Word 2002 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 Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated February 14, 2006.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes
The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package:  

915034 Changes do not appear with the formatting changes that you specified in Track Changes in Word 2002



This hotfix package also fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:  You open a Word document in-place in Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you try to print the document programmatically by using the Printout method or the Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint).Execute method, the document is not printed. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to the following error signature: 



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 and the full-file version of this hotfix are post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfixes. 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

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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 must create or modify a registry key to use one of the hotfixes that this package contains. For more information about the registry key, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

915034 Changes do not appear with the formatting changes that you specified in Track Changes in Word 2002

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 install 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 package.

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