Microsoft KB Archive/308351

= OFF2000: Indexing Service Fails to Index Files That Contain Range Names =

Article ID: 308351

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q308351



SYMPTOMS
The Indexing Service does not index certain Excel files correctly. The Excel files that fail to be indexed contain range names (aliases for ranges of cells in sheets). If these range names refer to a range that is specified as a fully qualified range, which may be another range name or a range that is prefixed with a sheet name or a workbook file name, the Indexing Service cannot extract textual content from these Excel files.

Examples of such names include the following: some_name = sheet1!some_other_name                 (This is problematic.) some_name = workbook_filename.xsl!some_other_name  (This is problematic.) some_name = some_other_name                        (This works correctly.) sheet1!some_name = some_other_name                 (This works correctly.) workbook_filename.xsl!some_name = some_other_name  (This works correctly.) NOTE: Fully qualified names work correctly, but these names cannot refer to fully qualified ranges.



CAUSE
This problem is a limitation of the Indexing Service's Excel IFilter.



RESOLUTION
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.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date          Time   Version      Size       File name ---  28-Nov-2001   13:24  2001.10.5.0  212KB      Offfilt.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL2000 index service

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB308351

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