The Office XP Input Method Editor Update: KB816218 for Japanese Multilingual User Interface Pack provides the latest updates related to stability and security available for this component. This update helps to ensure compatibility between the Input Method Editor in Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. The Office XP Input Method Editor Update: KB816218 for Japanese Multilingual User Interface Pack is part of Microsoft's continuing effort to provide the latest product updates to customers.

Toolbox   The Office XP Input Method Editor Update: KB816218 for Japanese Multilingual User Interface Pack consists of one executable file (officexp-kb816218-client-eng.exe) provided as an IExpress package. No full-fill version (MSP file) is available. You can find this downloadable file on the Office XP Resource Kit Downloads page.

 Note    To install client update files, you must be running Windows Installer version 2.0 or higher on your computers. Windows Installer 2.0 is included by default in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3. For organizations running previous versions of Windows, it is available as a separate download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Windows Installer 2.0 for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME

Windows Installer 2.0 for Windows NT 4.0 (SP-6) and Windows 2000

Strategies for updating your Japanese Multilingual User Interface Pack installations

The Office XP Input Method Editor update for Japanese MUI Pack must be installed on each client computer that runs the Japanese Multilingual User Interface Pack. To deploy the update, you can save the executable to a file server and use any of the following methods to distribute the file within your organization:

• Add a line to the NT logon script or Active Directory Computer Startup script that instructs the user's computer to run the file.
• Use software distribution software, such as Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), to run a script that instructs the file to be run on the user's computer.
• Provide users with a command line or batch file that will run the installation for the user.
• Instruct users to browse to the file on the file server and run the installation by double-clicking on the file.

To deploy the Office XP Input Method Editor Update for Japanese MUI Pack to users who will install Office XP from an administrative installation point in the future, you can do either of the following:

• Use the Setup INI Customization Wizard to chain the installation to the Office XP installation.
• Include an entry in the Custom Installation Wizard to run the executable during the Office XP installation.

Files changed by the Office XP Input Method Editor Update for Japanese MUI Pack

The following table lists the files changed by the Office XP Input Method Editor Update for Japanese MUI Pack. If you need to confirm whether a computer was updated, you can check the related file version number.

Related links

For more information on this update, see Overview of the Japanese Office XP Input Method Editor Update and the Office XP Input Method Editor Update for MUI: April 30, 2003 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

For more information on command-line switches for Internet Express (IExpress) packages, see Command-Line Switches For IExpress Software Update Packages in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

For more information on chaining additional installations with an Office XP installation, see How to deploy additional packages with the installation of Office XPH in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.