Microsoft KB Archive/923885

= Description of the Office XP Proofing Tools Kit post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 10, 2006 =

Article ID: 923885

Article Last Modified on 1/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Proofing Tools Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released the Office XP Proofing Tools Kit post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Office XP Proofing Tools Kit.

This article describes the following items about the hotfix:


 * The issues that the hotfix fixes.
 * The prerequisites for installing the hotfix.
 * Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix.
 * Whether the hotfix is replaced by any other hotfix.
 * Whether you must make any registry changes.
 * The files that the hotfix contains.



INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Microsoft Office XP Proofing Tools Kit issue that is fixed in the hotfix package that is dated August 10, 2006.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
 * On August 1, 2006, the new German Spelling Reform rules went into effect for Germany, for Switzerland, and for Austria. These rules were proposed by the Council for German Orthography on August 1, 2005. The rules were adopted by the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) on March 2, 2006. And, the rules were confirmed by the Council of Minister Presidents on March 30, 2006.

In compliance with these new rules, a new German spelling checker for Microsoft Office XP Proofing Tools Kit was created. This hotfix package contains a new German spelling checker that is in compliance with the new German Spelling Reform rules.



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

Download the officexp-KB923885-DEU.exe package now. 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

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

To download the update, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Save to save the officexp-KB923885-DEU.exe file to the selected folder.
 * 2) In Microsoft Windows Explorer, double-click officexp-KB923885-DEU.exe.
 * 3) Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
 * 4) In the Type the location where you want to place the extracted files box, type c:\923885, and then click OK.
 * 5) Click Yes when you are prompted to create the folder.

Client update (single computer)

After you have downloaded the file, follow these steps to install the client update:
 * 1) In Windows Explorer, locate the c:\923885 folder, and then double-click Ptk.msp.
 * 2) Follow the steps to install the update.

Note After you install the update, you cannot remove it. To revert to a previous installation that does not include the update, you must remove Office XP Proofing Tools. Then, install Office XP Proofing Tools again from the original CD.

Administrative update

If you installed Office XP Proofing Tools from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location with the administrative public update. The administrator must then deploy that update to your computer.

If you are the server administrator, follow these steps:
 * 1) In Windows Explorer, locate the C:\923885 folder, and then double-click PTK_readme.txt.
 * 2) Follow the steps in the PTK_readme.txt file to install and to deploy the hotfix.

Prerequisites
The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:  The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP Service Pack 3 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. 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

 The full-file version of this hotfix package is also the administrative version of this hotfix package. The full-file version of this hotfix package is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 hotfix package. To install the hotfix package, you must have Office XP Service Pack 3 installed.

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
To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Hotfix file information
This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
After the hotfix package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

Additional notes:  For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package. For more information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the &quot;Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations&quot; topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011525741033.aspx

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For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: PTKXP PTK2002 PTK11

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