Article ID: 897244
Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
SUMMARY
Microsoft has released the Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. This article describes the following information about the hotfix package:
- The issue that the hotfix package fixes
- Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
- Information about whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
- Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
- Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
- Files that the hotfix package contains
Article contents
- INTRODUCTION
- MORE INFORMATION
- === Hotfix information ===
- ==== Prerequisites ====
- ==== Restart information ====
- ==== Hotfix replacement information ====
- ==== Registry information ====
- ==== Hotfix file information ====
- === Hotfix information ===
- REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
This article describes the PowerPoint 2002 issue that is fixed in the PowerPoint 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated April 21, 2005.
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The issue that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
- You want to package a presentation in PowerPoint 2002. When you click Pack and Go on the File menu, you receive the following error message:
This issue may occur if the following conditions are true:
- The presentation that you want to package is located on a network share or in a redirected folder.
- The path name of the network share or of the redirected folder is longer than 31 characters.
MORE INFORMATION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, 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 version of this hotfix is a post-Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.
For more information about Office XP Service Pack 3, 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 is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, we have tested this fix on Office XP SP3 more extensively than we have on Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.
Restart information
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.
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Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.
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Registry information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to use the hotfix that this package contains.
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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that are required 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21-Apr-2005 18:21 8,613,888 Powerpntff.msp (full-file/administrative) 21-Apr-2005 18:20 3,891,712 Powerpntop.msp (optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.
Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------- 08-Apr-2005 05:16 10.0.6759.0 5,991,112 Powerpnt.exe
Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, 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 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
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