SUMMARY
Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Word 2002.
This update includes improvements that were developed as a direct result of
customer error reports. This update also prevents Word from running macros
without warning because the user has opened a document that has been
maliciously modified. Once you have installed this update, you will still be
able to use templates, macros in templates, or RTF documents with macros.
This article describes how to download and install the Word 2002
Update: June 21, 2001.
NOTE: This Public Update is part of the
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1), but for your convenience the Public
Update also is available individually, as described in the "More Information"
section of this article. If you already applied Office XP SP-1, you do not need
to apply this Public Update.
For additional information about the latest
service pack for Microsoft Office XP, click the article number below to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack
MORE INFORMATION
How to Download and Install the Update
Client Update
If you installed Office XP from a CD-ROM, you have two
options:
- Use the Office Product Updates Web site to automatically
install all of the latest updates that includes all available Service Packs and
Public Updates.
- Install only the Public Update
by using the steps described later.
Both options require that you have your Office XP CD-ROM
available throughout the installation process.
Office Product Updates
To have the Office Product Updates Web site detect the required
updates that you must install on your computer, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:
After detection is complete, you receive a list of recommended
updates for your approval. Click
Start Installation to
complete the process.
Install Only Word 2002 Update
Follow these steps to download and install the client update:
- Using your Web browser, locate the following Microsoft Web
site:
- Click Save to save the Wrd1001.exe file to the selected folder.
- In Windows Explorer, double-click Wrd1001.exe.
- If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.
- Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
- Insert your Office XP CD-ROM when you are prompted to do
so, and then click OK.
- When you receive a message that indicates the installation
was successful, click OK.
NOTE: After you install the public update, you cannot remove
it.
For more information about the Client Patch, click the link below
for the Office Tools on the Web article.
Administrative Update
If you installed Word from a server location, the server
administrator must update the server location with the administrative public
update and deploy that update to your computer.
If you are the server
administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update:
- Locate the following Microsoft Web site:
- Download the file to your desktop.
- In Windows Explorer, double-click the Wrd1001a.exe file.
- Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
- In the Please type the location where you want to
place the extracted files box, type
C:\wrd1001a, and then click OK. Click Yes when you are prompted to create the folder.
To update your administrative installation, follow these steps:
- Click Start and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box
msiexec /a Admin Path\MSI File /p C:\wrd1001a\winword_admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1
where Admin Path is the
path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example,
C:\OfficeXP), and
where MSI File is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for
example, ProPlus.msi).
- To deploy the update to the client workstations, click Start and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box
msiexec /i Admin Path\MSI File REINSTALL=WORDFiles REINSTALLMODE=vomus
where Admin Path is the
path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example,
C:\OfficeXP), and
where MSI File is the
MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example,
ProPlus.msi).
For additional
information about how to update your administrative installation and deploy to
client workstations, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
301348
How to install a public update to administrative installations of Office XP
This article contains standard instructions for installing an
Administrative Public Update.
Or, you can see the following article
in the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit:
How to Determine Whether the Public Update Is Installed
The update affects the file Winword.exe. This product update
updates the version of Microsoft Word 2002 to version 10.2930.2625. Click
About Microsoft Word on the
Help menu in Microsoft Word to determine the version.
Issues Fixed by the Update
The update fixes the issues described in the following Knowledge
Base articles:
301405 OAER: Word 2002 Stops Responding When You Insert AutoShape
300935 OAER: Outlook Quits Unexpectedly After You Send a Message Using Word Mail
300937 OAER: Word 2002 Stops Responding When Function Keys Are Used to Repeat AutoText Insertion
300428 WD2002: Heading Numbers Do Not Appear in Table of Contents
302294 WD2002: Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macros to Run Automatically
This update is also described in the following
Microsoft security bulletin, "Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-034: Malformed
Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically":