Applies ToOffice Home and Business 2010 Office Home and Student 2010 Office Professional 2010 Office Professional Plus 2010 Office Standard 2010 Office Starter 2010

Summary

This article describes the Microsoft Office 2010 issue that is fixed in the hotfix package that is dated August 30, 2011.

INTRODUCTION

Issue that this hotfix package fixes

Consider the following scenario:

  • The AliasedDMToMetafilePlus registry entry is set to 1.

  • You use the Paste linkĀ option to copy a chart from Microsoft Excel 2010 to another application such as Microsoft Word 2010 or Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

Word cannot obtain the data from the Excel.Sheet.12 link.

Resolution

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 the problem 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 website:

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

To apply this hotfix package, you must have Microsoft Office 2010 or Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 installed. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2460049 Description of Office 2010 SP1

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.

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 resolve the issue that is 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.x86Download information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Office2010-kb2584059-fullfile-x86-glb.exe

14.0.6109.5000

12,610,864

16-Aug-11

11:26

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Oart-x-none.msp

Not Applicable

8,400,384

16-Aug-11

2:03

Oartconv-x-none.msp

Not Applicable

3,809,792

16-Aug-11

2:03

Oart-x-none.msp information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Oart.dll

14.0.6108.5000

20,524,904

21-Jul-11

15:17

Oartconv-x-none.msp information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Oartconv.dll

14.0.6108.5000

11,129,208

21-Jul-11

15:17

x64Download information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Office2010-kb2584059-fullfile-x64-glb.exe

14.0.6109.5000

16,239,088

16-Aug-11

12:03

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Oart-x-none.msp

Not Applicable

10,091,008

16-Aug-11

2:32

Oartconv-x-none.msp

Not Applicable

5,422,080

16-Aug-11

2:32

Oart-x-none.msp information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Oart.dll

14.0.6108.5000

30,317,416

21-Jul-11

15:17

Oartconv-x-none.mspĀ information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Oartconv.dll

14.0.6108.5000

19,204,984

20-Jul-11

9:02

References

For more information about software update terminology, 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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