Microsoft KB Archive/924717

= A character other than a DBCS character is entered in Excel 2003 when you try to type a DBCS character in the Visual Basic Editor =

Article ID: 924717

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to type a double-byte character set (DBCS) character in the Visual Basic Editor, a character other than a DBCS character is entered in Microsoft Office Excel 2003.



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Office 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Excel 2003 Hotfix Package August 25, 2006. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

924718 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: August 25, 2006



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbfont kbqfe kbpubtypekc kbhotfixserver kboffice2003presp3fix kboffice2003sp3fix KB924717

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