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XL2000: JPN: Excel Crashes When You Type Two-Digit Number and Character

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This article was previously published under Q269071
NOTE: The information in this article applies to the Japanese version%3 of Excel.

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Symptoms

In Microsoft Excel 2000, Japanese version, when you type data that contains a combination of a two-digit number and one character, Excel may stop responding (crash).

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Cause

Excel incorrectly regards a combination of a two-digit number and one character (such as '02E') as an ordinal-quarter-year format, which causes an access violation.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
276367� OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 2.

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Keywords: KB269071, kbqfe, kboffice2000sp2fix, kboffice2000presp2fix, kbfix, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 269071
Revision : 4
Created on : 5/23/2003
Published on : 5/23/2003
Exists online : False
Views : 235