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Microsoft® Office2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) represents a major evolution in security for Office 2003. It further hardens the Office suite against potential attacks and other security threats. This service pack also includes fixes that have been previously released as separate updates for Office 2003.

You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article (923618):Description of Office 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 Office 2003:

• Office2003 Service Pack 1
• Office2003 Service Pack 2
• Update for Office 2003 (925251)
• Update for Office 2003 (924886)
• Update for Office 2003 (919029)
• Update for Office 2003 (923097)
• Security Update for Office 2003 (923272)
• Security Update for Office 2003 (924424)
• SecurityUpdate for Office 2003 (921566)
• SecurityUpdate for Office 2003 (917151)
• SecurityUpdate for Office 2003 (914455)
• Update for Office 2003 (913571)
• SecurityUpdate for Office 2003 (905645)
• SecurityUpdate for Excel 2003 (918419)
• SecurityUpdate for Excel 2003 (905756)
• Updatefor InfoPath 2003 (920103)
• Updatefor Outlook 2003 (913807)
• SecurityUpdate for Outlook 2003 (892843)
• SecurityUpdate for PowerPoint 2003 (916518)
• SecurityUpdate for Publisher 2003 (894542)
• SecurityUpdate for Word 2003 (917334)
• Security Update for Excel 2003 (940602)
• Security Update for Office 2003 (936048)

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

Some of the changes in Service Pack 3 modify the behavior of Office 2003, including changes that disable some features by default and increase control for computer administrators. Changes include:

• Office 2003 can no longer open or save certain file formats. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938810.
• MAPI forms do not run in public folders and user folders. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938816.
• Office 2003 can now be configured to allow or deny specific COM components. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938815.
• Some COM components with unusual characteristics may not function as expected. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938814.
• Changes have been made to the behavior of Microsoft Office Document Imaging. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938813.
• Some attachments cannot be opened in Outlook. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938811.
• Access add-ins can no longer be configured for use by all users. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938809.
• The Fast Save setting in Microsoft Office Word has been removed. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938808.
• Documents saved in certain formats no longer contain the version number of Office. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938807.
• Certain macros in older Excel file formats have increased security. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938806.

Files

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• Microsoft® Office Basic Edition 2003


• Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2003


• Microsoft® Office Small Business Edition 2003


• Microsoft® Office Standard Edition 2003


• Microsoft® Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003


• Microsoft® Office Access 2003


• Microsoft® Office Access 2003 Runtime


• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2003


• Microsoft® Office FrontPage® 2003


• Microsoft® Office InfoPath® 2003


• Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003


• Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003


• Microsoft® Office Publisher 2003


• Microsoft® Office Word 2003


• Microsoft® Office 2003 Web Components


• Microsoft® Office XP Web Components

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 Office 2003 SP3. To do this, follow these steps:
  • Download the file Office2003SP3-kb923618-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 instructionson the screen.

SP3will install even if a publicly available update has already been installed onyour 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:

• 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 Communicator prior to installing Office 2003 SP3. If you do not exitCommunicator, you will be required to reboot your computer after Office 2003 SP3 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 (923618): Description of Office2003 Service Pack 3 for further information about this update.