Description of the Arial Narrow font for Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: April 6, 2005 (896272)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Access 2002
  • Microsoft Excel 2002
  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  • Microsoft Publisher 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft Office XP Professional
  • Microsoft Office XP Developer
  • Microsoft Office XP Standard
  • Microsoft Office XP Small Business
  • Microsoft Office XP Students and Teachers

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Arial Narrow font for Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Office XP. This article describes the following information about the hotfix package:

  • Issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
  • Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
  • Files that the hotfix package contains

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Office XP issue that is fixed in the Arial Narrow font for Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated April 6, 2005.

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Issue that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you insert or type the Middle Dot character (ALT+0183) between letters or numbers in an Office XP document, the Middle Dot character is not center-aligned between the letters or the numbers.

    This issue occurs when you use the Arial Narrow font. This issue may also be more noticeable when the view option to show spaces is turned on. The Middle Dot character is used by Microsoft Word 2002 as a formatting mark that represents a space character.

    To turn on the view option to show spaces, follow these steps:
    1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
    2. On the View tab, under Formatting marks, click to select the Spaces check box.
    3. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.
    Note On a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, this issue occurs after you install either of the following:
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
    • The security bulletin MS04-011 update that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

      835732 MS04-011: Security Update for Microsoft Windows

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MORE INFORMATION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

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Prerequisites

  • The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.

    For more information about Office XP Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    832671 Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

  • The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer version 2.0 or a later version.

    For more information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    330537 Office XP updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0

  • The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on a computer that is running Office XP SP3 than we have on a computer that is running Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.
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Restart information

You must restart the computer after you install this hotfix.

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Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

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Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to enable the hotfix that this package contains.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. 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 file attributes) 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
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   06-Apr-2005  08:43  4,167,168  Fontsff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   06-Apr-2005  00:31  2,121,728  Fontsop.msp (optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.
   Date         Time   Size     File name
   -----------------------------------------
   09-Mar-2005  20:06  135,716  Arialn.ttf
   09-Mar-2005  20:06  140,296  Arialnb.ttf
   09-Mar-2005  20:06  139,308  Arialnbi.ttf
   09-Mar-2005  20:06  142,420  Arialni.ttf
Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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REFERENCES

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected 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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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/26/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbFont kbfix kbHotfixRollup kbOfficeXPpostSP3fix KB896272 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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