Excel 2003 articles, fixes and updates - Year 2006

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Excel 2003 that have been released in Year 2006. The list is daily updated.

• 302896 How To Build an Office COM Add-in by Using Visual Basic .NET Q302896 KB302896 December 25, 2006
• 843504 Description of the undiscovered tips about Excel Q843504 KB843504 December 19, 2006
• 913420 Error message when you try to repair, reinstall, or add a component to an Office 2003 program and you use a Local Installation Source: "Installation Error: File Not Found" Q913420 KB913420 December 15, 2006
• 891154 When you install Office 2003 Professional on a computer that is running an earlier version of Microsoft Office with FrontPage, FrontPage is not removed when the installation is complete Q891154 KB891154 December 15, 2006
• 889520 When you paste an Excel chart that contains an embedded arrowhead to a Word document, the appearance of the arrowhead changes in Office XP and in Office 2003 Q889520 KB889520 December 15, 2006
• 891157 If you use the OHotFix program to install Microsoft Office update files, you are prompted to provide the location of the original source files for Microsoft Office 2000 and for later versions Q891157 KB891157 December 14, 2006
• 907349 How to troubleshoot video issues in Office programs Q907349 KB907349 December 7, 2006
• 816949 Description of the Getting Started task pane in Office 2003 Q816949 KB816949 November 23, 2006
• 185774 How to Programmatically Manipulate a UserForm Q185774 KB185774 November 23, 2006
• 61090 How to use cell references and defined names in criteria in Excel Q61090 KB61090 November 23, 2006
• 290148 How to use the Undo feature with inserted objects in Office programs Q290148 KB290148 November 21, 2006
• 48198 How to set the starting page number in the header or footer in Excel Q48198 KB48198 November 16, 2006
• 889885 You receive a "Clipart cannot complete the operation" error message when you try to insert clip art in an Office program Q889885 KB889885 November 15, 2006
• 828888 Description of improvements in the statistical functions in Excel 2003 and in Excel 2004 for Mac Q828888 KB828888 November 15, 2006
• 867820 You receive error messages when you try to create a hyperlink to another Excel workbook in Excel 2007 and in Excel 2003 Q867820 KB867820 November 13, 2006
• 277581 You can use keyboard shortcuts to select border styles in Excel Q277581 KB277581 November 13, 2006
• 830917 You cannot access the Configure dialog box after you paste a Visio 2007 or Visio 2003 drawing into a Word 2003 document or an Excel 2003 worksheet Q830917 KB830917 November 11, 2006
• 893691 Decimals that are displayed as rounded 1/16th fractions are not reduced to the simplest form in Excel 2007 and in Excel 2003 Q893691 KB893691 November 10, 2006
• 828299 Excel statistical functions: BETAINV Q828299 KB828299 November 10, 2006
• 923508 A .tif file or a .tiff file unexpectedly opens in Microsoft Office Document Imaging Q923508 KB923508 October 9, 2006
• 895457 You are prompted for the Office source files when you use the OHotFix program to install an Office update on a computer that has Office 2000 or a later version installed Q895457 KB895457 September 27, 2006
• 828500 Properties for Visual Basic .NET Smart Tags recognizer cannot be displayed in Office 2003 programs Q828500 KB828500 September 27, 2006
• 827725 Description of the Very High security setting in Office 2003 Q827725 KB827725 September 27, 2006
• 827302 TIFF image appears dark when you insert it into PowerPoint 2003 Q827302 KB827302 September 27, 2006
• 822046 Solutions built for Office programs may not work with Office 2003 Beta2 Q822046 KB822046 September 27, 2006
• 820530 Programs are listed as Not Available during a Typical setup of Office 2003 Q820530 KB820530 September 27, 2006
• 818236 No Help topic about the Prior Trusted Sources tab in Security dialog box in Office 2003 Q818236 KB818236 September 27, 2006
• 817116 Text does not appear or is displayed incorrectly when you try to preview an Office document as an HTML file in Office 2003 Q817116 KB817116 September 27, 2006
• 898789 The Script Editor unexpectedly quits when you use the Script Editor for the first time in an Office program Q898789 KB898789 September 13, 2006
• 837130 Office 2003 cannot run in "Windows 98/Windows Me" compatibility mode Q837130 KB837130 September 13, 2006
• 835262 You receive an error message and then the program quits unexpectedly when you use a program of Office 2003 Q835262 KB835262 September 13, 2006
• 833752 You may experience unexpected quit when you use the spelling checker feature to check the spelling in the Dutch version of Office 2003 Q833752 KB833752 September 13, 2006
• 142588 How to compare two cells and ignore leading and trailing spaces by using the TRIM worksheet function Q142588 KB142588 September 13, 2006
• 870756 Some events do not run when you use the RefEdit control in an Excel macro Q870756 KB870756 September 12, 2006
• 897693 A red X may appear instead of the image or the object when you open the Office 2003 document from an Internet location, from a Web folder, or from any location from the Internet security zone Q897693 KB897693 August 29, 2006
• 891158 How to disable Microsoft Office Online featured links in Office 2003 Q891158 KB891158 August 29, 2006
• 889499 You receive a "ERROR 1921" error message when you install the Setup program for Office 2003 Q889499 KB889499 August 29, 2006
• 884824 You receive the "A required installation file SKU0A4.CAB could not be found" error message when you try to update Office 2003 programs Q884824 KB884824 August 29, 2006
• 884456 Not all keyboard shortcuts that are specified in Help work as expected in Office 2003 programs Q884456 KB884456 August 29, 2006
• 842566 "This is an invalid CD Key value" error message when you try to install Microsoft Office Q842566 KB842566 August 29, 2006
• 838877 Thumbnails of Office 2003 documents do not appear in Windows 2000 Explorer Q838877 KB838877 August 29, 2006
• 837825 "There are no Office Assistant character files present on the system" error message when you start an Office 2003 program Q837825 KB837825 August 29, 2006
• 828957 How to install Office 2003 on a computer that is configured to dually boot Windows 2000 and Windows XP Q828957 KB828957 August 29, 2006
• 826712 You may be prompted to insert your Office 2003 CD when you try to install an "advertised" component in an Office 2003 program Q826712 KB826712 August 29, 2006
• 825936 New high color icons do not appear after you upgrade to Office 2003 Q825936 KB825936 August 29, 2006
• 818242 When you cancel an Office 2003 installation, not all registry entries are removed Q818242 KB818242 August 29, 2006
• 818239 Transform files may not be applied when you try to install Office 2003 Q818239 KB818239 August 29, 2006
• 817109 Install on Demand does not remove .cab files after you install an Office component Q817109 KB817109 August 29, 2006
• 328294 The About Microsoft <Program name> dialog box reports a service pack version that is different from what is expected in Office XP and in Office 2003 Q328294 KB328294 August 29, 2006
• 290304 Setup prompts for CD when Office XP or 2003 CD is in the drive Q290304 KB290304 August 29, 2006
• 921561 The first page of the next copy prints on the back of the last page of the previous copy when you use a copier-based printer to print multiple copies of a document in an Office program Q921561 KB921561 July 31, 2006
• 231840 BUG: Hyperlinks in Embedded Excel Workbook Do Not Work Q231840 KB231840 July 28, 2006
• 884186 Office 2003 Service Pack 1 installs successfully but not all Office 2003 programs are updated Q884186 KB884186 July 27, 2006
• 870698 The 'Y' axis label of your chart is truncated in Excel for Windows Q870698 KB870698 July 27, 2006
• 842684 Known issues with the Remove Hidden Data add-in version 1.1 for Office 2003 and Office XP Q842684 KB842684 July 27, 2006
• 838890 When you use the Sort and Top 10 command, the data in a pivot table may not be sorted correctly in Excel 2003 and in Excel 2002 Q838890 KB838890 July 27, 2006
• 832285 The negative number inside parenthesis format is not available in Excel for numbers or for currency Q832285 KB832285 July 27, 2006
• 831900 Error Message When You Run Excel 2003 on a Computer That Has a Beta Version of the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) Installed Q831900 KB831900 July 27, 2006
• 830627 XL2003: Error Messages When You Save to an Earlier File Format When Transition Formula Evaluation Is Enabled Q830627 KB830627 July 27, 2006
• 829230 How Security for Add-ins and Templates Is Handled When the Trust All Installed Add-ins and Templates Check Box Is Selected Q829230 KB829230 July 27, 2006
• 829220 CMW Settings Are Not Retained by Excel 2003 Q829220 KB829220 July 27, 2006
• 826858 Equation 3.1 and Organization Chart do not appear on the Create New tab of Word 2003, PowerPoint 2003 or Excel 2003. Q826858 KB826858 July 27, 2006
• 820713 List Remains Filtered After You Delete a Column in a Filtered List Q820713 KB820713 July 27, 2006
• 294933 How to use the Application Recovery tool in Office 2002 and in Office 2003 Q294933 KB294933 July 27, 2006
• 290112 Changes in encryption file properties in Office 2003 and Office 2002 Q290112 KB290112 July 27, 2006
• 829616 You cannot insert an object type in Office Q829616 KB829616 July 5, 2006
• 883941 A workbook that contains a Hidden attribute is no longer hidden when you close the workbook in Microsoft Excel Q883941 KB883941 June 12, 2006
• 920190 The standard residuals that are calculated by the Analysis ToolPak regression feature are different between Excel 97 and Excel 95 Q920190 KB920190 June 8, 2006
• 919293 How to enable the Office Source Engine to recognize system environment variables in the Office Delivery sources path when you use Office 2003 Q919293 KB919293 May 24, 2006
• 918957 A file does not open in the program that you expect when you try to open the file in Office Q918957 KB918957 May 24, 2006
• 288940 How to check and manage the status of links in Excel 2002 or later versions of Excel Q288940 KB288940 May 11, 2006
• 306683 HOW TO: Run Office Macros by Using Automation from Visual C# .NET Q306683 KB306683 May 5, 2006
• 907346 You cannot view a Streets and Trips map that you pasted in an Office 2003 program Q907346 KB907346 April 18, 2006
• 305799 HOW TO: Develop Database-Driven Smart Tags for Office by Using Visual Basic for Windows Q305799 KB305799 April 13, 2006
• 307731 How to add a digital signature to a custom macro project in Office 2003 and Office XP Q307731 KB307731 April 12, 2006
• 885885 How to create and use a batch file to silently install multiple GDI+ security updates Q885885 KB885885 April 11, 2006
• 887588 Customer Experience Improvement Program Service Options settings appear available even when the program is disabled through a group policy Q887588 KB887588 April 7, 2006
• 885298 The ToolTip for a custom namespace extension shows the mapped file path in the My Places bar of Office 2003 programs Q885298 KB885298 April 7, 2006
• 837255 Office 2003 documents take longer than expected to open in Internet Explorer Q837255 KB837255 April 7, 2006
• 834521 The FORECAST, STEYX, SLOPE and INTERCEPT functions cause different results in Excel 2003 than in earlier versions of Excel Q834521 KB834521 April 7, 2006
• 834520 The RAND function returns negative numbers in Excel 2003 Q834520 KB834520 April 7, 2006
• 832334 Excel 2003 stops responding or you receive an "Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem" error message when you open an XML spreadsheet Q832334 KB832334 April 7, 2006
• 916858 You cannot specify an address in the Cc box, an address in the Bcc box, or text in the body of an e-mail message in a "mailto" hyperlink in Office programs Q916858 KB916858 March 30, 2006
• 300639 How to handle corrupted Excel workbooks by saving them in the SYLK format in Excel 2003 or in Excel 2002 Q300639 KB300639 March 29, 2006
• 909133 How to turn off or disable the Overtype mode in Excel 2003, in Outlook 2003, and in Word Q909133 KB909133 March 23, 2006
• 908195 When you ungroup a grouped set of drawing shapes that was copied from Excel, PowerPoint, or Word, there are two sets of duplicate drawing shapes that overlay each other Q908195 KB908195 March 23, 2006
• 826853 Frequently asked questions about the speech recognition feature for Office Q826853 KB826853 March 23, 2006
• 822524 There is a white border when you print graphics that have transparent regions from a PostScript Printer in Office 2003 Q822524 KB822524 March 23, 2006
• 826319 When you try to install Office 2003, earlier versions of Office are removed during the setup process Q826319 KB826319 March 8, 2006
• 913770 Error message when you try to exit Excel 2003: "Microsoft Office Excel cannot access the file" Q913770 KB913770 February 27, 2006
• 884298 You cannot install an Office 2003 service pack Q884298 KB884298 February 21, 2006
• 840656 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: August 20, 2004 Q840656 KB840656 February 13, 2006
• 834916 "Error 1608" error message when you try to upgrade to Office 2003 on a computer that has the German version of Windows XP installed Q834916 KB834916 February 13, 2006
• 816951 The registered owner and registered organization information is automatically populated when you install Office 2003 Q816951 KB816951 February 13, 2006
• 816950 "Can not find script file" error message when you try to install Office 2003 Q816950 KB816950 February 13, 2006
• 291072 How to create multiple views, create a report, and print a report in Excel 2002 and Excel 2003 Q291072 KB291072 February 13, 2006
• 826317 You receive an error message when you try to install an Office 2003 program Q826317 KB826317 February 10, 2006
• 820531 You receive an error message when you try to create a new document in Office 2003 Q820531 KB820531 February 10, 2006
• 818784 "Your beta software has expired" error message when you start an Office 2003 program Q818784 KB818784 February 10, 2006
• 817936 Error Message When You Click the Back Button on the First Screen of the Document Library Setup Wizard Q817936 KB817936 February 10, 2006
• 830467 How to perform a callback into an assembly from a worksheet function Q830467 KB830467 February 3, 2006
• 824013 "The assembly could not be found" error message when loading an Office 2003 managed code extension in Excel 2003 and in Word 2003 Q824013 KB824013 February 3, 2006
• 824006 How To: Use the Estimates Sample When the Database and the Web Server Are on Different Computers Q824006 KB824006 February 3, 2006
• 824004 Certain Microsoft Office Excel 2003 properties do not appear in the Object Browser or in Microsoft IntelliSense when you automate Excel by using C# Q824004 KB824004 February 3, 2006
• 824003 HOW TO: Change the Assembly Name or the Assembly Namespace for Your Office Managed Code Extension Q824003 KB824003 February 3, 2006
• 824001 BUG: The Visual C# .NET IDE Stops Responding When You Add Either an Excel SheetSelectionChange Event or an Excel SheetBeforeRightClick Event Q824001 KB824001 February 3, 2006
• 824000 HOW TO: Determine Office Document and Managed Code Extension Paths at Run Time Q824000 KB824000 February 3, 2006
• 823993 Incorrect assembly link location for an Excel 2003 workbook that has a file name with DBCS characters Q823993 KB823993 February 3, 2006
• 823987 Build error message when the event name and the method name are the same in Excel 2003 and in Word 2003 Q823987 KB823987 February 3, 2006
• 823986 PRB: Primary Interop Assembly (PIA) install occurs the first time that you open a Microsoft Office document that is referenced by a managed code extension Q823986 KB823986 February 3, 2006
• 830502 How to customize menus and menu bars in Excel Q830502 KB830502 January 11, 2006
• 828383 Total Row Displays a Zero (0) or a #DIV/0! Error for All Columns Q828383 KB828383 January 11, 2006
• 828125 Excel statistical functions: DVAR, DVARP, DSTDEV, and DSTDEVP Q828125 KB828125 January 11, 2006
• 827301 Mappings Are Not Deleted When You Delete Excel Worksheets Q827301 KB827301 January 11, 2006
• 826920 How to use the Send To command to send worksheet selections as an e-mail message in Excel 2003 Q826920 KB826920 January 11, 2006
• 826919 Custom toolbars are missing after you upgrade from an earlier version of Excel to Excel 2003 Q826919 KB826919 January 11, 2006
• 820742 Description of the limits of PivotTable reports in Excel Q820742 KB820742 January 11, 2006
• 820739 You receive an error message when you open a workbook that contains XLM macros in Excel 2003 Q820739 KB820739 January 11, 2006
• 818238 XML List Schemas and Unsynchronized Windows SharePoint Services List Changes Are Missing Q818238 KB818238 January 11, 2006
• 817934 Cannot Open a Web Site, Access Files on a Server, or Save Files to a Server Q817934 KB817934 January 11, 2006
• 912069 You cannot set the print area and the print titles when you view a print preview of a worksheet in Excel Q912069 KB912069 January 10, 2006
• 829773 Beta text appears in the splash screen for Office 2003 programs Q829773 KB829773 January 10, 2006