Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office suite hotfix package (Oart-x-none.msp, Oartconv-x-none.msp): December 15, 2009

This article describes the 2007 Microsoft Office suite issues that are fixed in the 2007 Microsoft Office suite hotfix package that is dated December 15, 2009.

• The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
• The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
• Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.
• Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix packages.
• Whether you must make any registry changes.
• The files that the hotfix package contains.

Issue that this hotfix package fixes

• When you print a slide that contains a picture in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, the printed image is very fuzzy in comparison to when you print the same slide in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003.
  
• The horizontal axis of a chart is not rendered correctly after you change the base unit.
  
• Multilevel category labels are not displayed correctly in a Pivot chart.
  
• When you print a presentation to a non-PostScript-based printer without selecting the Scale to fit paper check box , some parts of the slide are not printed.
  
• After you apply Microsoft Office Suite 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), Office PowerPoint 2007 does not display certain slides in presentations.
  
• Consider the following scenario. You insert a text box into the header area or into the footer area of a Microsoft Office Word document. Then, you insert a chart that has shadowing effect enabled in the document. In this scenario, the text in the text box is not printed when you print the document to a PostScript-based printer.
  
  To enable this fix, you need to set the following registry entry to 1:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\OartDisableTilingForPostscriptPrinters
• After you apply Office Suite 2007 SP2, Office Excel 2007 is very slow when you scroll a worksheet that contains graphs.
  
• Consider the following scenario.You insert an Office Excel 2007 chart object from a file into an Office Word document. Then, you export the document as a PDF file. In this scenario, the chart marks are scaled incorrectly.
  
• Consider the following scenario. You copy and paste a chart from Office Excel 2007 to Office PowerPoint 2007. Then, while the first chart is selected in Office PowerPoint 2007, you copy and paste a second chart from Office Excel 2007 to Office PowerPoint 2007 with the Excel Chart (entire workbook) option selected. In this scenario, the second chart is deleted when you paste the second chart. However, the objects from the second chart still remain in the first chart.
  

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problems described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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, contact 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: 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

You must have 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 2 or 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 installed to apply this hotfix package. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Restart requirement

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

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

Registry information

To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

The global version of this hotfix package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Download information



Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information



Oartconv-x-none.msp information

Oart-x-none.msp information

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