Update details
List of issues that the update fixes
This update fixes the issues that are described in the following hotfix packages.
Microsoft Office Excel 2003915492Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=915492/
)
Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 13, 2006
917286Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917286/
)
Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006
917876Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917876/
)
Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 10, 2006
Microsoft Office 2003911888Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=911888/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 6, 2005
912022Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=912022/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 16, 2005
912819Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=912819/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 11, 2006
915058Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=915058/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 27, 2006
916657Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=916657/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 21, 2006
917688Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917688/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006
917878Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917878/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package (Mso.dll and IETag.dll): April 12, 2006
918147Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=918147/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 17, 2006
918269Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=918269/
)
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 26, 2006
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003892523Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=892523/
)
Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 23, 2006
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003899406Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=899406/
)
Description of the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 7, 2005
910931Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=910931/
)
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 18, 2005
912005Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=912005/
)
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 19, 2005
916154Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=916154/
)
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 21, 2006
916774Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=916774/
)
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006
917143Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917143/
)
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 14, 2006
Microsoft Office Word 2003889078Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=889078/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 12, 2004
898777Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=898777/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005
898778Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=898778/
)
Description of the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005
910282Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=910282/
)
Description of the Microsoft Office Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 16, 2005
910727Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=910727/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 17, 2005
911661Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=911661/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 28, 2005
912010Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=912010/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 16, 2005
912197Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=912197/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 22, 2005
913378Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=913378/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 17, 2006
913803Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=913803/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 31, 2006
914140Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=914140/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 7, 2006
915033Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=915033/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 14, 2006
916563Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=916563/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 13, 2006
917704Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917704/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 4, 2006
917879Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917879/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 7, 2006
918155Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=918155/
)
Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 17, 2006
Installation details
Prerequisites
You must have the following software updates installed before you install this update.
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
870924Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=870924/
)
How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or a later service pack (Windows XP users only)
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=322389/
)
How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 (SP4) or a later Windows 2000 service pack (Windows 2000 users only)
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=260910/
)
How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack
Additional requirements
After you install this update, you must apply the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. For more information about how to obtain the Compatibility Pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
If you do not install the Compatibility Pack, you may later be prompted to download and install the Compatibility Pack.
For more information about issues that may occur when you do not install the Compatibility Pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
919026Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=919026/
)
Error message when you try to open or to save a 2007 Office document: "Do you want to download a compatibility pack so that you can work with this file"
Removal information
To remove this update, use
Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
Note You may not have the option to remove the update from
Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
For more information about how to remove certain Office updates by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
903771Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=903771/
)
Information about the ability to uninstall Office updates
How to obtain and to install the update
The client update
If you installed Office 2003 from a CD-ROM, you have the following option:
- Use the Microsoft Office Update Web site to automatically install all the latest updates. These include all the available service packs, security updates, and updates.
Note We recommend that you install the client update by using the Office Update Web site. The Office Update Web site detects your particular installation of Microsoft Office and prompts you to install exactly what you must have to make sure that your Office installation is up to date.
Office Update Web site
To have the Office Update Web site detect the updates that you must install on your computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site, and then click
Check for Updates:
After detection is complete, you receive a list of recommended updates for your approval. Click
Start Installation to complete the process.
The administrative update
If you installed Office 2003 from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location with the administrative update. Then, the server administrator must deploy that update to your computer.
To update your administrative installation and deploy the update to client workstations if you are the server administrator, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, and then follow the steps in the article:
829197Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=829197/
)
How to install updates to an administrative installation of Office 2003
Note You must restart the computer after you install this update.
For detailed procedures that explain how to update an administrative image and how to update client computers, see the "Updating clients from a patched administrative image" section in the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic of the Office 2003 Resource Kit. To view the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
The Office Admin Update Center for Office IT professionals contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Microsoft Office. For more information about the Office Admin Update Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
How to determine whether the update is installed
Update 910473 contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.
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| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
|---|
| Excel.exe | 11.0.8022.0 | 10,196,240 | 14-Apr-2006 | 04:51 |
| Ietag.dll | 11.0.6550.0 | 161,984 | 17-Mar-2005 | 19:36 |
| Mso.dll | 11.0.8023.0 | 12,246,792 | 20-Apr-2006 | 19:59 |
| Powerpnt.exe | 11.0.8022.0 | 6,253,328 | 14-Apr-2006 | 04:47 |
| Winword.exe | 11.0.8023.0 | 12,146,448 | 20-Apr-2006 | 19:33 |
You do not have to install this update if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the table.
For more information about how to determine the version of Office 2003 that is installed on the computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
821549Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=821549/
)
How to check the version of Office 2003 products
Information for administrators about .msp files
Update 910473 consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file.
The following .msp files are distributed in this update.
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| Name of .msp file | Description |
|---|
| Excelff.msp | Applies to Excel 2003 |
| Mso.msp | Applies to Office 2003 |
| Powerpntff.msp | Applies to PowerPoint 2003 |
| Winwordff.msp | Applies to Word 2003 |