Microsoft KB Archive/870924

= How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003 =

Article ID: 870924

Article Last Modified on 9/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003

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SUMMARY
This article describes the step-by-step methods that you can use to obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2003. This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.

You may find it easier to follow the steps if you print this article first.



Install the latest service pack
If the computer has Internet access, you can download and install the latest Office 2003 service pack from either the Microsoft Update Web site or the Office Update Web. Both sites will automatically prompt you to download and install the latest service pack.  Microsoft Update (recommended)

To download the service pack from Microsoft Update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate

 Office Update

To download the service pack from Office Update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/default.aspx

Note If you experience issues installing the latest Office 2003 service pack from Office Update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

304498 How to troubleshoot failures updating your Office installation from the Office Update Web site





Download the latest service pack
If the computer that you want to install the latest Office 2003 service pack to is not connected to the Internet or if you want to download the latest Office 2003 service pack and install later, you can download the latest service pack from the Microsoft Download Center.  Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3)

Release date: September 18, 2007

To download this service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E25B7049-3E13-433B-B9D2-5E3C1132F206





Obtain a CD-ROM
Microsoft Office 2003 service packs can be obtained for free on a CD-ROM in North America only. For your convenience, this CD-ROM contains the following update:  Office 2003 Service Pack 3

Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Service Pack 3 (included on the Office 2003 CD-ROM)

Microsoft Office Project 2003 Service Pack 3 (included on the Office 2003 CD-ROM)

To order this CD-ROM visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/FX010383631033.aspx

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Steps to verify that you have the latest Office 2003 service pack
To verify that you have the latest Office 2003 service pack installed, follow these steps: <ol> Start an Office 2003 program.</li> On the Help menu in the Office 2003 program, click About Microsoft Office .

In this step,  is a placeholder for the Office 2003 program that you started in step 1. For example, on the Help menu in Microsoft Office Word 2003, click About Microsoft Office Word.</li> In the About Microsoft Office  dialog box, the first line of text will indicate which service pack, if any, you have installed.

For example, the About Microsoft Office Word dialog box lists the following if you have Office 2003 SP3 installed:

Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP3

The version number will vary if you have installed other updates to Office 2003 or to Word 2003 after you installed Office 2003 SP2.</li></ol>

The current service pack for Office 2003 is Service Pack 3.

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More information about Office 2003 Service Pack 3
For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

923618 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3

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