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

You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (923642): Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools.

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

• Office 2003 Service Pack 1 for Proofing Tools
• Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Proofing Tools
• Update for Office Proofing Tools 2003 (924886)
• Security Update for Office 2003 Proofing Tools (905645)
• Update for Office 2003 Proofing Tools (913571)
• Security Update for Proofing Tools 2003 (921585)

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.

Files

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: Administrators should refer to the Administrator resources section.

Installation instructions
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 Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 for Proofing Tools. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Download the .exe file by clicking the Download button at the top of this page, and then save the file to your hard disk drive.
  2. It is recommended that you quit any programs you are running.
  3. In Windows Explorer, double-click the .exe file that you saved to your hard disk drive, and follow the instructions on the screen.
  
  
  

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

• Office 2003: Office 2003 SP3
• Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI): Office 2003 SP3 for Multilingual User Interface Pack
• 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

There is no uninstall feature for this download. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (873125): You cannot remove service 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 executable package, installation begins. To extract the patch files (.msp files), you must use a command line. The command line and instructions are included in the Knowledge Base article (197147): Command-Line Switches For IExpress Software Update Packages.

See Microsoft Knowledge Base article (923642): Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Proofing Tools for further information about this update.