Article ID: 924886
Article Last Modified on 9/28/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack
- Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools
- Microsoft Office Access 2003
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003
- Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003
- Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
- Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
- Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
- Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
SUMMARY
Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2003. This article describes how to obtain the update and how to determine whether the update is installed. Additionally, this article contains a list of the issues that are fixed by the update and information about the issues that you may encounter after the update is installed.
INTRODUCTION
Microsoft has released an update to the spelling checker for Microsoft Office 2003. This update improves how Office 2003 programs find and correct errors in German-language documents.
MORE INFORMATION
Service pack information
This problem was first 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
Update details
List of issues that the update fixes
Update 924886 fixes the issues that are described in the following hotfix packages:
923884 Description of the Office Proofing Tools 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: August 10, 2006
923348 Description of the Proofing Tools 2003 hotfix package for the German edition of Proofing Tools 2003: August 1, 2006
917337 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: May 3, 2006
912201 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for the Russian version of Word 2003: December 27, 2005
917280 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 hotfix package: April 5, 2006
915432 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 24, 2006
915490 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for the Japanese version of Outlook 2003: March 14, 2006
917276 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 7, 2006
916516 Description of Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 22, 2006
917325 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 24, 2006
918423 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: May 9, 2006
921650 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Emsui32.dll and Outex.dll): June 26, 2006
923336 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: July 27, 2006
921581 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: July 18, 2006
924003 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: August 14, 2006
920916 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: October 9, 2006
925111 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: September 18, 2006
927850 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 4, 2006
926522 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: October 11, 2006
925119 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: October 24, 2006
924866 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for the Dutch proofing tools and for the Dutch Multilingual User Interface Pack in Office 2003, in Project 2003, and in Visio 2003: September 8, 2006
Security updates that are associated with this update
Update 924886 is associated with the following security update:
905645 Description of the security update for Office 2003: February 14, 2006
Known issues
Known issues that may occur after the update is installed
A version of the German Grammar Checker file (Msgr3ge.dll) may be in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof\1033
This file has brief Help explanations for grammar checker critiques that are localized into English. This version of the Msgr3ge.dll file has not been updated to be consistent with the spelling reform. Additionally, this file will not be updated.
Installation details
How to obtain and install the update
Update 924886 is located at the Microsoft Download Center. To download this update and to view installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Office 2003
Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) (needed for the German MUI only)
Office Proofing Tools 2003
Project 2003 Multilingual User Interface (needed for the German MUI only)
Visio 2003 Multilingual User Interface (needed for the German MUI only)
How to determine whether the update is installed
The update contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following tables.
Office 2003
Grammar checker
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msgr3en.dll | 3.1.0.9126 | 1,407,800 | 28-Jul-2006 | 01:39 |
Spelling checker
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mssp3en.lex | Not applicable | 2,528,721 | 20-Jul-2006 | 15:49 |
| Mssp3gep.lex | Not applicable | 2,614,059 | 20-Jul-2006 | 16:49 |
| Msspell3.dll | 2.54.0.0 | 353,816 | 20-Jul-2006 | 18:05 |
Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contab32.dll | 11.0.8008.0 | 116,424 | 09-Jan-2006 | 22:44 |
| Dumpster.dll | 11.0.8036.0 | 32,016 | 14-Jul-2006 | 23:37 |
| Emablt32.dll | 11.0.8020.0 | 106,696 | 03-Apr-2006 | 23:22 |
| Emsabp32.dll | 11.0.8109.0 | 264,976 | 23-Sep-2006 | 05:12 |
| Emsmdb32.dll | 11.0.8109.0 | 706,320 | 23-Sep-2006 | 05:12 |
| Emsui32.dll | 11.0.8032.0 | 132,368 | 22-Jun-2006 | 00:43 |
| Msgr3en.dll | 3.1.0.9126 | 1,407,800 | 28-Jul-2006 | 02:39 |
| Msmapi32.dll | 11.0.8111.0 | 1,414,928 | 05-Oct-2006 | 20:45 |
| Mspst32.dll | 11.0.8023.0 | 725,776 | 20-Apr-2006 | 19:42 |
| Mssp3en.lex | Not applicable | 2,528,721 | 20-Jul-2006 | 15:49 |
| Mssp3gep.lex | Not applicable | 2,614,059 | 20-Jul-2006 | 16:49 |
| Msspell3.dll | 2.54.0.0 | 353,816 | 20-Jul-2006 | 18:05 |
| Outex.dll | 11.0.8113.0 | 654,608 | 18-Oct-2006 | 23:37 |
| Pstprx32.dll | 11.0.8000.0 | 280,264 | 22-Oct-2005 | 21:15 |
| Scanpst.exe | 11.0.6802.0 | 61,160 | 04-Oct-2005 | 15:34 |
| Xlintl32.dll | 11.0.6802.0 | 826,600 | 04-Oct-2005 | 11:01 |
Office Proofing Tools 2003
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imekr70.ime | 7.0.8002.0 | 103,624 | 10-Nov-2005 | 18:14 |
| Juridsch.dic (Dutch) | Not applicable | 93,727 | 30-Sep-2005 | 17:17 |
| Maatsch.dic (Dutch) | Not applicable | 162,288 | 30-Sep-2005 | 17:37 |
| Medisch.dic (Dutch) | Not applicable | 238,139 | 30-Sep-2005 | 17:17 |
| Msgr3en.dll (German) | 3.1.0.9126 | 1,407,800 | 28-Jul-2006 | 02:39 |
| Msgren32.dll (Dutch) | 7.0.1.3 | 529,984 | 21-Aug-2006 | 15:12 |
| Msgr_en.lex (Dutch) | Not applicable | 4,890,875 | 26-Sep-2005 | 19:28 |
| Mso.acl (Dutch) | Not applicable | 9,624 | 17-Oct-2005 | 22:22 |
| Mssp3en.lex (German) | Not applicable | 2,528,721 | 20-Jul-2006 | 15:49 |
| Mssp3en.lex (Dutch) | Not applicable | 925,482 | 08-Mar-2006 | 16:35 |
| Mssp3gep.lex (German) | Not applicable | 2,614,059 | 20-Jul-2006 | 16:49 |
| Msspell3.dll (German) | 2.54.0.0 | 353,816 | 20-Jul-2006 | 18:05 |
| Msspell3.dll (Dutch) | 3.0.7.9 | 194,112 | 08-Mar-2006 | 16:35 |
| Msth3am.lex (Dutch) | Not applicable | 753,046 | 14-Sep-2005 | 17:40 |
| Techwet.dic (Dutch) | Not applicable | 168,270 | 30-Sep-2005 | 17:17 |
| Zakelijk.dic (Dutch) | Not applicable | 259,080 | 30-Sep-2005 | 17:17 |
Project 2003 Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msgr3en.dll | 3.1.0.9126 | 1,407,800 | 28-Jul-2006 | 02:39 |
| Mssp3en.lex | Not applicable | 2,528,721 | 20-Jul-2006 | 15:49 |
| Mssp3gep.lex | Not applicable | 2,614,059 | 20-Jul-2006 | 16:49 |
| Msspell3.dll | 2.54.0.0 | 353,816 | 20-Jul-2006 | 18:05 |
Visio 2003 Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msgr3en.dll | 3.1.0.9126 | 1,407,800 | 28-Jul-2006 | 02:39 |
| Mssp3en.lex | Not applicable | 2,528,721 | 20-Jul-2006 | 15:49 |
| Mssp3gep.lex | Not applicable | 2,614,059 | 20-Jul-2006 | 16:49 |
| Msspell3.dll | 2.54.0.0 | 353,816 | 20-Jul-2006 | 18:05 |
| Uml.vsl | 11.0.4301.0 | 322,984 | 09-May-2005 | 12:07 |
Note You do not have to install this update if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the table.
To search for the appropriate file, search the hard disk. To do this, follow these steps.
Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.
- Click Start, and then click Search.
- In the Search Results pane, click All files and folders under Search Companion.
- In the All or part of the file name box, type the appropriate file name, and then click Search.
- In the resulting list of files, right-click the file, and then click Properties.
- On the Version tab, determine the version of the file that is installed on your computer.
Information for administrators about .msp files
Update 924886 consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file.
The following .msp files are distributed in this update.
| Name of .msp file | Description |
| Msgrge32.msp | Applies to Office 2003 Grammar checker |
| Mssp3ge.msp | Applies to Office 2003 Spelling checker |
| Germui.msp | Applies to Office 2003 German MUI |
| Ptk.msp | Applies to Office Proofing Tools 2003 |
| Gerpjmui.msp | Applies to Office 2003 German MUI for Project 2003 |
| Gervsmui.msp | Applies to Office 2003 German MUI for Visio 2003 |
Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators
If you update your administrative installation point, and then recache and reinstall Office 2003, Project 2003, or Visio 2003 on client computers, you can run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=[list of features] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of Office 2003, Project 2003, or Visio 2003 from the administrative image. For update 924886, the value for [list of features] is as follows:
ACCESSFiles,EXCELFiles,IMEMain_1042,OfficeWebComponents10,OUTLOOKFiles,OutlookMAPI2,
OutlookMAPICONTAB2,OutlookMAPIEMS2,OutlookMAPILDAP2,OutlookMAPIPST2,OutlookMessaging,
PPTFiles,ProductFiles,SetLanguageFiles,SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1029,SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1031,
SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1033,SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1036,SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1038,
SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1040,SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1043,SpellingAndGrammarFiles_1053,
ThesaurusFiles_1031,ThesaurusFiles_1033,ThesaurusFiles_1036,ThesaurusFiles_1043,VisioCore,
VisMOrganization_Charts,VisMProject_Schedules,VisMSoftware_Design,WORDFiles
Alternatively, you can substitute the parameter REINSTALL=ALL to reinstall all Microsoft Office components on the client computer.
For detailed procedures that explain how to update an administrative image and how to update client computers, see the "Updating clients from a patched administrative image" section in the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic. To view the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
The Office Admin Update Center for Office IT professionals contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information about the Office Admin Update Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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