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Microsoft® Office Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) represents a major evolution in security for Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003. It further hardens Word Viewer against potential attacks and other security threats. This service pack also includes fixes that have been previously released as separate updates for Word Viewer 2003.
You can get specific information about this update in Microsoft Knowledge Base article (934736): Description of Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3.

Included in this Service Pack
This service pack includes significant new security updates. This service pack also includes updates previously released for Word Viewer 2003:

• Security Update for Word Viewer 2003 (934041)
• Security Update for Word Viewer 2003 (924883)
• Security Update for Word Viewer 2003 (923276)
• Security Update for Word Viewer 2003 (917346)

Service Pack 3 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of user inputfrom the Microsoft Online CrashAnalysis in Word Viewer 2003 and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.

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• Microsoft® Office Word Viewer 2003

To install this update, do one of the following:

• Use Microsoft Update (recommended). Microsoft Update consolidates updates provided by Windows Update and Office Update into one location and enables you to choose automatic delivery and installation of high-priority updates.
• Use Office Update on the Office Online Web site. After running the automatic detection, Office Update prompts you to install updates and service packs that bring your Office products up to the best quality available. Office Update is not supported on Windows Vista.
• Install only Word Viewer 2003 SP3. To do this, follow these steps:
  • Download the file WordViewer2003SP3-KB934736-FullFile-ENU.exe by clicking the Download button at the top of this page. Save the file to your hard diskdrive.
  • It is recommended that you quit any programs you are running.
  • In Windows Explorer, double-click the .exe file that you saved to your hard disk drive, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Word Viewer SP3 will install even if a publicly available update has already been installed on your computer.

When using other Microsoft Office products
If you are using the following Microsoft Office products, we recommend that you get the latest service packs:

• Excel Viewer:Excel Viewer 2003 SP3
• Office 2003: Office 2003 SP3
• Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI): Office2003 SP3 for Multilingual User Interface Pack
• Office 2003 Proofing Tools: Office 2003 SP3 for Proofing Tools
• Visio 2003: Visio 2003 SP3
• Project 2003: Project 2003 SP3
• OneNote 2003: OneNote 2003 SP3
• Outlook Live 2003: Outlook Live SP3
• Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update: Service Pack 4 for Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update and Small Business Accounting

If you are using Office Communicator 2005, you should exit Office Communicatorprior to installing Word Viewer 2003 SP3. If you do not exitCommunicator, you will be required to reboot your computer after Word Viewer 2003SP3 has been installed. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article (905726): You are unexpectedly prompted to restart the computer after you install an Office service pack or an Office update.

To remove this download
There is no uninstall feature for this download. For more information, see theMicrosoft Knowledge Base article (873125): You cannot removeService Packs for Office 2003 products.

Administrator resources
Administrators working in managed environments can find complete resources fordeploying Office updates in an organization on the Office 2003 Resource Kit.

When you double-click the executablepackage, installation begins. To extract the patch files (.msp files), you mustuse a command line. The command line and instructions are included in theKnowledge Base article (197147):Command-Line Switches For IExpress Software Update Packages.

See Microsoft Knowledge Base article (934736): Description of Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 for further information about this update.