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Description of the PowerPoint 2003 hotfix package: March 6, 2004

Article ID: 837236 - View products that this article applies to.

SUMMARY

This article describes the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 issue that is fixed in the PowerPoint 2003 hotfix package that is dated March 6, 2004.

Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package

The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package but was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

You receive the following error message in PowerPoint 2003:
This feature is not available. To make this feature available, please run Setup again, select "Add or Remove Features" and change the feature to "Run from My Computer" or "Run from CD/network".
This problem may occur when you do any one of the following:
- You click Slide Design on the Format menu.
- You click New on the File menu, and then click From design template on the New Presentation task pane.
- You select Slide Design in the Other Task Panes box on the task pane.

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This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2003. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870924/ )

How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

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. 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:

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

(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

There are no prerequisites for this hotfix.

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:

838007

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838007/ )

Description of the PowerPoint 2003 hotfix package: March 14, 2004

Registry information

You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to activate 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 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) 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.

Download information:

   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   06-Mar-2004  06:02  11.0.6203.0  3,230,440  Office2003-kb837236-glb.exe

Microsoft Windows Installer MSP file information:

   Date         Time   Size       File name
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   06-Mar-2004  05:48  4,169,216  Powerpnt-fullfile-glb.msp (Full-File/Administrative)
   06-Mar-2004  04:48  2,094,592  Powerpnt-binary-glb.msp (Optimized)

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

   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   04-Mar-2004  16:19  11.0.6203.0  6,136,520  Powerpnt.exe

Additional notes

For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that the package contains.
For more information about the differences between the two MSP files, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/orkXP/HA011525711033.aspx
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/orkXP/HA011525711033.aspx)

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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

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/ )

Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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