Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Word 2002. This update includes improvements that were developed as a direct result of customer error reports. This update also prevents Word from running macros without warning because the user has opened a document that has been maliciously modified. Once you have installed this update, you will still be able to use templates, macros in templates, or RTF documents with macros.

This article describes how to download and install the Word 2002 Update: June 21, 2001.

NOTE: This Public Update is part of the Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1), but for your convenience the Public Update also is available individually, as described in the "More Information" section of this article. If you already applied Office XP SP-1, you do not need to apply this Public Update. For additional information about the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to Download and Install the Update

Client Update

If you installed Office XP from a CD-ROM, you have two options:

• Use the Office Product Updates Web site to automatically install all of the latest updates that includes all available Service Packs and Public Updates.
  -or-
• Install only the Public Update by using the steps described later.

Both options require that you have your Office XP CD-ROM available throughout the installation process.

Office Product Updates

To have the Office Product Updates Web site detect the required updates that you must install on your computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site: After detection is complete, you receive a list of recommended updates for your approval. Click Start Installation to complete the process.

Install Only Word 2002 Update

Follow these steps to download and install the client update:

1. Using your Web browser, locate the following Microsoft Web site:
   Click here to download the Client Update

   (http://download.microsoft.com/download/officexpstandard/wrd1001/1/win98me/en-us/wrd1001.exe)
2. Click Save to save the Wrd1001.exe file to the selected folder.
3. In Windows Explorer, double-click Wrd1001.exe.
4. If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.
5. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
6. Insert your Office XP CD-ROM when you are prompted to do so, and then click OK.
7. When you receive a message that indicates the installation was successful, click OK.

NOTE: After you install the public update, you cannot remove it.

For more information about the Client Patch, click the link below for the Office Tools on the Web article.

Administrative Update

If you installed Word from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location with the administrative public update and deploy that update to your computer.

If you are the server administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update:

1. Locate the following Microsoft Web site:
   Click here to download the Administrative Update

   (http://download.microsoft.com/download/officexpprof/patch/5.0.2919.6304.wd/w982kmexp/en-us/wrd1001a.exe)
2. Download the file to your desktop.
3. In Windows Explorer, double-click the Wrd1001a.exe file.
4. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
5. In the Please type the location where you want to place the extracted files box, type C:\wrd1001a, and then click OK. Click Yes when you are prompted to create the folder.

To update your administrative installation, follow these steps:

1. Click Start and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box
   msiexec /a Admin Path\MSI File /p C:\wrd1001a\winword_admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1
   where Admin Path is the path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP), and
   
   where MSI File is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi).
   
   
2. To deploy the update to the client workstations, click Start and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box
   msiexec /i Admin Path\MSI File REINSTALL=WORDFiles REINSTALLMODE=vomus
   where Admin Path is the path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP), and
   
   where MSI File is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi).
   
   

For additional information about how to update your administrative installation and deploy to client workstations, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: This article contains standard instructions for installing an Administrative Public Update.

Or, you can see the following article in the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit:

How to Determine Whether the Public Update Is Installed

The update affects the file Winword.exe. This product update updates the version of Microsoft Word 2002 to version 10.2930.2625. Click About Microsoft Word on the Help menu in Microsoft Word to determine the version.

Issues Fixed by the Update

The update fixes the issues described in the following Knowledge Base articles:
This update is also described in the following Microsoft security bulletin, "Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-034: Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically":