Excel 2007 calculation bug fixed

Microsoft has issued a fix for the calculation bug that was discovered in Excel 2007:

Two weeks ago, we posted about an issue involving the calculation of numbers around 65,535 and 65,536.  As of today, fixes for this issue in Excel 2007 and Excel Services 2007 are available for download from the following locations:

• Excel 2007: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/3/61343075-aa12-4152-a761-fccc16d6cef4/office-kb943075-fullfile-x86-glb.exe
• 64-bit Excel Services 2007: http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/c/cdcccd84-86cd-4199-b01c-1df2dac66534/office-kb943076-fullfile-x64-glb.exe
• 32-bit Excel Services 2007: http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/c/cdcccd84-86cd-4199-b01c-1df2dac66534/office-kb943076-fullfile-x86-glb.exe

There are a couple of knowledge base articles covering this bug:

• Excel 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/943075/
• Excel Services 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/943076

Good news is that we're starting to see mention of the first service pack for Office 2007:

Additionally, the fix will also be contained in the first service pack of Office 2007 when it is released (the release date for SP1 of Office 2007 has not been finalized). 

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