How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003 (870924)

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Methods for obtaining the latest Office 2003 service pack

The following is a list of methods that you can use to obtain the latest Office 2003 service pack.

• Microsoft Update (recommended) or Office Update
• Microsoft Download Center
• CD-ROM

How to obtain the latest Office 2003 service pack from Microsoft Update (recommended) or Office Update

We recommend that you use the following methods to obtain the latest Office 2003 service pack if you have Internet access on the computer that you want to update. The Microsoft Update Web site and the Office Update Web site automatically prompt you to install the Office 2003 service packs that are appropriate for the computer.

• Microsoft Update (recommended)
  
  To download the service pack from Microsoft Update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate

  Note If you experience issues installing the latest Office 2003 service pack from Microsoft Update, visit the following Microsoft Web site.

  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/troubleshoot.aspx

• Office Update
  
  To download the service pack from Office Update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/default.aspx

  
  Note If you experience issues installing the latest Office 2003 service pack from Office Update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
  
  

  304498 How to troubleshoot failures updating your Office installation from the Office Update Web site

How to obtain the latest Office 2003 service pack from the Microsoft Download Center

We recommend that you obtain the latest Office 2003 service pack from the Microsoft Download Center in the following situations:

• You want to download the service pack, but you do not want to install it immediately.
• You want to download the service pack and then transfer it to a computer that is not connected to the intranet or to a computer that has a slow Internet connection.

The Microsoft Download Center explains what is new in the latest Office 2003 service pack. The Microsoft Download Center also contains additional deployment information.

• Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) - Release Date: September 27, 2005
  
  To download this service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867

• Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack (SP1) - Release Date: July 27, 2004
  
  To download this service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9C51D3A6-7CB1-4F61-837E-5F938254FC47

How to obtain the latest Office 2003 service pack on a CD-ROM in North America only

Microsoft Office 2003 service packs can be obtained free of charge on a CD-ROM in North America only. For your convenience, this CD-ROM contains the following updates:

• Office 2003 SP2 - Release Date: September 27, 2005
  
  Note To obtain this service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidOfficeSPCDOrder

• Office 2003 SP1 - Release Date: July 27, 2004
  
  To obtain this service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/office/orkarchive/o2k3cd.htm

Issues in the latest Office 2003 service pack

The following articles describe how to obtain a list of issues that are fixed by the latest Office 2003 service pack. Additionally, the articles contain information about known issues with the latest Office 2003 service pack. Click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

• Office 2003 SP2 - Release Date: September 27, 2005
  
  

  887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2

• Office 2003 SP1 - Release Date: July 27, 2004
  
  

  842532 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1