Microsoft KB Archive/922322

= Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: August 7, 2006 =

Article ID: 922322

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for Microsoft Office 2003.

This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:


 * The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
 * The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
 * Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package.
 * Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
 * Whether you must make any registry changes.
 * The files that the hotfix package contains.



INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Microsoft Office 2003 issue that is fixed in the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated August 7, 2006.

Issue that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:  When you try to use the Remove Hidden Data tool to scrub an Office 2003 document, you may receive the following error message:

&quot;Remove Hidden Data: You must save this file before running the Remove Hidden Data tool.&quot;

This problem occurs when you work with a document management system and you use Office 2003 together with an Open Document Management API program.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:  The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2003 Service Pack 2 installed. For more information about Office 2003 SP2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2

 The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 with Service Pack 2 or Office 2003 with Service Pack 1. However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on Office 2003 with Service Pack 2 than on Office 2003 with Service Pack 1. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 with Service Pack 1, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend it.

Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information
You do not have to create any registry keys or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that this package contains.

Hotfix file information
This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists.

The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Download information

After the hotfix package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package has the file attributes, or later file attributes, that are listed in the following table.

For more information about the Remove Hidden Data tool, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

834427 The Remove Hidden Data tool for Office 2003 and Office XP

Additional notes:  For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.</li> For more information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the &quot;Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations&quot; topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011525741033.aspx

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For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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