Description of the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 26, 2004

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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 by 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 that are included in the hotfix package
The files that are contained in the hotfix package

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Introduction

This article describes the Excel 2000 issues that are fixed in the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix package that is dated July 26, 2004.

Issues that are fixed by the hotfix package

The following issues are fixed in this hotfix package, but they were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

If you print an Excel 2000 workbook that is contained in a HTML frameset in Microsoft Internet Explorer, each cell in the workbook is printed on a separate page. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
Margins do not fit page size.
This issue occurs if the Scaling option on the Page tab of the Excel workbook was set to Fit to 1 page(s) wide by 1 tall. To locate the Scaling option in Excel 2000, click Page Setup on the File menu.
When you try to open an Excel 2000 workbook, the workbook does not open. Instead, Excel quits unexpectedly, and then you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

To see what data this error report contains, click here.
If you view the details of the error report, you receive an error signature similar to the following:
```
   Application name  Application version  Module name  Module version  Offset
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Excel.exe         9.0.0.8229           Excel.exe    9.0.0.8229      000a2a38
```

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More information

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

The optimized and full-file versions of this hotfix are a post-Office 2000 SP3 hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2000 SP3 installed.

For additional information about Office 2000 SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
326585� Overview of Office 2000 Service Pack 3
This hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or a later version.

For additional 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 November 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

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:

873361� Description of the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 26, 2004

Registry information

You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that are contained in this package.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issues listed in this article. 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) 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
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   26-Jul-2004  20:59  4,424,836  Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   26-Jul-2004  20:40  1,812,612  Excelop.msp (optimized)

After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or a later version) that are listed in the following table:

   Date         Time   Version     Size        File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   26-Jul-2004  13:17  9.0.0.8923  7,168,045  Excel.exe

Note For more information about how to install this hotfix package, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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References

For additional 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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