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
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.
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: - On the Tools menu, click Options.
- On the View tab, under Formatting marks, click to select the Spaces check box.
- 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:
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(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=835732/
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MS04-011: Security Update for Microsoft Windows
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.
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, submit a request to 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
- 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:
832671Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=832671/
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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:
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(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=330537/
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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.
Restart information
You must restart the computer after you install this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.
Registry information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to enable the hotfix that this package contains.
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
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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
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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
For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.
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:
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(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=824684/
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Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates