Article ID: 842525
Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
SUMMARY
Microsoft has released the Microsoft Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Excel 2000. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:
- Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
- Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
- Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
- Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
- Whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
- The files that are contained in the hotfix package
INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2000 issues that are fixed in the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix package that is dated May 24, 2004.
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Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
The following issues are also fixed in this hotfix package but were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
- When you right-click a Pivot Table cell that contains a formula and you start the Pivot Table Wizard in Excel 2000, if you click Back Excel 2000 quits unexpectedly.
- When you select a large range of cells on a worksheet in Excel 2000 so that the worksheet window scrolls below row 1000, after you release the mouse button the worksheet window continues to scroll down to row 2600.
MORE INFORMATION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, 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:
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.
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Prerequisites
- The optimized and the full-file versions of this hotfix are a post-Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2000 SP3 installed. For more information about Office 2000 SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
326585 Description of the Office 2000 Service Pack 3
- This hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or later. For more information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
811002 Office 2000 updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0
Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.
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Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is replaced by a later hotfix. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
867816 Description of the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 18, 2004
Registry information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that are contained in this package.
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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Size File name -------------------------------------------------------- 24-May-2004 17:05 4,423,204 Excelff.msp (Full-File/Administrative) 24-May-2004 16:38 1,792,036 Excelop.msp (Optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:
Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------- 21-May-2004 18:07 9.0.0.8915 7,163,949 Excel.exe
Note For more information about installing this hotfix package, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.
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REFERENCES
For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when correcting software 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
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