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Excel 2007 - Hotfix released to correct calculation bug - 10/11/2007 10:02:31 AM

hwaldron

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Office 2007 users should patch their systems just in case they may encounter the rare conditions that might trigger this calculation error. Fortunately, the calculation results are correct, but they will be displayed incorrectly in the cell itself

Excel 2007 - Hotfix released to correct calculation bug
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/943075/

Excel 2007 Services - Server based release for Sharepoint environment
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/943076/

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This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

When you perform a calculation in Excel 2007, the following behavior occurs:

• The result of the calculation is a number from 65534.99999999995 to 65535. The calculation is performed correctly. However, the result is incorrectly shown as 100000.

• The result of the calculation is a number from 65535.99999999995 to 65536. The calculation is performed correctly. However, the result is incorrectly shown as 100001.