MS09-067: Description of the security update for Excel 2007: November 10, 2009

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  http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/200911.aspx
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• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-067.mspx

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Known issue with this security update

• After you install this security update, when you use the Unprotect method to unprotect an inactive worksheet in Office Excel 2007, the controls in the inactive sheet are displayed in other worksheets. To resolve this issue, install hotfix 978399. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  978399 Description of the Office Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Graph-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp, Xlview-x-none.msp): February 23, 2010
• After you install this security update, you may experience the following issue when you work with Microsoft Excel 2007 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro code:
  Symptom
  
  You unprotect a worksheet by using the object model, such as Worksheets("sheet2").Unprotect. If the unprotected worksheet is not the active worksheet, contents from the unprotected worksheet become visible on the current worksheet. This issue continues until there is an action that updates Excel.
  
  
  Resolution
  
  To resolve this issue, apply the hotfix that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 978522. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  978522 Description of the Office Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp): December 23, 2009

  
  
  
  Workaround 1
  
  To work around this issue, minimize and then maximize the Excel window to redraw or refresh the Excel worksheet.
  
  Workaround 2
  
  Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs.
  If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified Partner or Microsoft Advisory Services. For more information, visit these Microsoft Web sites:
  
  Microsoft Certified Partners - https://partner.microsoft.com/global/30000104
  
  Microsoft Advisory Services - http://support.microsoft.com/gp/advisoryservice
  
  For more information about the support options that are available and about how to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS
  
  To work around this issue, you can modify the macro code to work around this issue by activating the Excel worksheet before the Unprotect method is run as shown in the following sample code.

  Sub Button1_Click()
      Dim NowActiveSheet As WorkSheet
      Worksheets("sheet2").Protect
      Set NowActiveSheet=ActiveSheet
      ' Activate the Excel sheet before running Unprotect method.
      Worksheets("sheet2").Activate
      Worksheets("sheet2").Unprotect
      NowActiveSheet.Activate
  End Sub 
  

  Workaround 3
  
  To work around this issue, activate all the worksheets in Excel manually or by using a macro after the issue has occurred.

More information about this security update

Non-security-related fixes that are included in this security update

• 973402 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Graph-x-none.msp, Xlview-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009
• 974492 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Graph-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp, Xlview-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009
• 971787 Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package (Excel.msp, Xlconv.msp): June 30, 2009
• 973932 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009
• 973823 Conditional formatting rules are duplicated when you copy and then paste cells in Excel 2007
• 971858 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel.msp, Graph.msp, Xlconv.msp): June 30, 2009
• 972577 When you rotate text in cells in an Excel 2007 document on a Terminal Services client that is running in Monitor Spanning mode, the text appears misaligned, partly or completely invisible, or the AutoFit Column Width function does not work
• 973933 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Graph-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009
• 971860 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel.msp, Graph.msp, Oart.msp, Oartconv.msp, Xlconv.msp): June 30, 2009
• 974496 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp, Xlview-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009
• 974487 Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Graph-x-none.msp, Oart-x-none.msp, Oartconv-x-none.msp, Powerpoint-x-none.msp, Pptconv-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009

Prerequisites to install this security update

• 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Security update replacement information