Microsoft KB Archive/923642

= Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools =

Article ID: 923642

Article Last Modified on 9/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools

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INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Proofing Tools includes significant security enhancements in addition to stability improvements. Some fixes that are included in this service pack were released earlier in separate updates. This service pack combines these fixes in one update.



List of issues that this service pack fixes
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools fixes the proofing tools issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

923618 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3

Security bulletins that are associated with this service pack
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools is associated with the following security bulletins:

901190 MS06-009: Vulnerability in the Korean Input Method Editor (IME) could allow elevation of privilege

921585 MS07-001: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker that could allow remote code execution

Earlier updates that this service pack includes
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools includes these earlier released updates:

843188 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1 for Proofing Tools

887618 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Proofing Tools

924886 Description of the update for Office 2003: December 12, 2006

905645 Description of the security update for Office 2003: February 14, 2006

913571 Description of the updates for Office 2003: March 14, 2006

921585 MS07-001: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker that could allow remote code execution

Known issues that occur during the installation of this service pack
There are no known issues that occur during the installation of this service pack.

Known issues that may occur after this service pack is installed
After you install a Microsoft Office service pack, you are prompted to restart the computer. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

905726 You are unexpectedly prompted to restart the computer after you install an Office service pack or an Office update

How to obtain and install this service pack
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools is available on the Microsoft Download Center. To download this service pack and to view installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2234806B-43B1-40BA-B219-09032335E759

How to determine whether this service pack is installed
The following table lists the files that this service pack contains. The versions of these files are also listed in the table.

You do not have to install this service pack if you have later versions 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 your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

821549 How to check the version of Office 2003

Information for administrators about .msp files
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools includes a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp file is distributed in this service pack:

2003PTKSP3.msp

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators
If you update your administrative installation point, re-cache Microsoft Office 2003 for Proofing Tools on client computers, and reinstall Office 2003 for Proofing Tools on the client computers, you can run a command that includes the REINSTALL= ALL property.

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