XL7 Patch Available: 15-Digit Number, Linking, and Transpose

ID: Q128650

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

A patch for Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 is currently available from Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). The patch corrects the following problems:

The value of certain 15-digit numbers may change unexpectedly.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q139803 : XL: Wrong Value When Values Pasted with Paste Special

A link from one sheet to the same cell or range in another sheet in the same workbook is not updated automatically.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q137710 : XL7: Links to Other Sheets in Workbook Not Recalculated

Microsoft Excel becomes unstable when you transpose a range that contains a reference.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q139166 : XL7: Excel Hangs When You Save a Pasted Transposed Function

Microsoft Excel may not recalculate correctly when you have two or more cells that are dependent through a formula to another specific cell. If a number in the source cell is changed, recalculation may not occur in the other cells that are dependent on this source cell.

The patch, which is for use only with Microsoft Excel 7.0, modifies Microsoft Excel so that the above problems no longer occur. A separate patch is available for Microsoft Excel 5.0c.


   For additional information, please see the following article in the
   Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q128332 : WE1254: 15-Digit Number Patch for MS Excel Version 5.0c

TO OBTAIN THE PATCH

The following file(s) are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

~ XL15LINK.EXE

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

If you are unable to access the source(s) listed above, you can have the patch, part number 065-054-S61, mailed to you by calling Microsoft Product Support Services Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Pacific time at (425) 635-7070. If you are outside the United States, contact the Microsoft subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.htm

TO INSTALL THE PATCH

This procedure assumes that you have already downloaded and extracted the compressed file.

At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following and press ENTER

copy <source>:\*.* <location>

where <source> is either the letter of your floppy disk drive or the folder (directory) containing the file you downloaded from online services, and <location> is the path to your Microsoft Excel folder. For example, if you are copying the file from a floppy disk that you inserted in drive A, and C:\Excel is the path to your Excel folder, type:

copy a:\*.* c:\excel

Or, for example, if you downloaded the XL15link.exe file from online services to C:\Dnload, and C:\Excel is the path to your Microsoft Excel folder, type:

copy c:\dnload\*.* c:\excel

The following files are copied to your Microsoft Excel folder:

Patchxl.exe 25,600 10-19-95 2:26a Readme.txt 9,405 10-25-95 5:13p

Quit Microsoft Excel if it is running.

In Windows Explorer, double-click the Patchxl.exe file in your Microsoft Excel folder.

When the patch has completed modifying Microsoft Excel, a message appears.

Additional query words: patch bug fix


Keywords          : xlwin 
Version           : 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: April 13, 1999