Microsoft KB Archive/933666

= Description of the security update for Excel 2003: May 8, 2007 =

Article ID: 933666

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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INTRODUCTION
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS07-023. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites, depending on whether you are a home user or an IT professional:  Home users:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200705.mspx

 IT professionals:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-023.mspx





Issues that the security update fixes
This security update also includes the fixes to the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

922850 You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file in one of the 2007 Office programs or in one of the Office 2003 programs

932467 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 29, 2007

932750 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 23, 2007

931974 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 30, 2007

933672 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 28, 2007

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