Microsoft KB Archive/259579

= Cannot Search Words with Nonbreaking Hyphens =

Article ID: 259579

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Index Server 2.0
 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Indexing Service 2.0
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q259579



SYMPTOMS
When you search for Microsoft Word documents that contain words with nonbreaking hyphens (CTRL+HYPHEN), you may get unexpected results. For example, if a document contains the word Schol-lers with a nonbreaking hyphen between Schol and lers, the following query does not return the document: @Contents Schollers



CAUSE
The Microsoft Office filter cannot handle the non-breaking hyphen. Therefore, in this example, Schol and lers are stored as separate strings in the catalog.



RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows 2000 or Site Server service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

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 typical 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:

  Version      Size    File name     Platform ---  2000.5.16.0  188,416 Offfilt.dll   x86



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

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB259579

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