Description of the update for Office 2003: May 19, 2006 (910473)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2003. This article contains information about how to obtain the update and a list of issues that the update fixes. Additionally, this article contains information about the issues that you may experience when you install the update or after you install the update. This article also describes how to determine whether the update is installed.

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2003. This update provides Rich Text Format improvements. The update also provides the framework for a converter. The converter opens and saves files by using the Open XML file format that is new to the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

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Update details

List of issues that the update fixes

This update fixes the issues that are described in the following hotfix packages.

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

915492 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 13, 2006

917286 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006

917876 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 10, 2006

Microsoft Office 2003

911888 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 6, 2005

912022 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 16, 2005

912819 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 11, 2006

915058 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 27, 2006

916657 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 21, 2006

917688 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006

917878 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package (Mso.dll and IETag.dll): April 12, 2006

918147 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 17, 2006

918269 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 26, 2006

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

892523 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 23, 2006

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

899406 Description of the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 7, 2005

910931 Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 18, 2005

912005 Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 19, 2005

916154 Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 21, 2006

916774 Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006

917143 Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 14, 2006

Microsoft Office Word 2003

889078 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 12, 2004

898777 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005

898778 Description of the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005

910282 Description of the Microsoft Office Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 16, 2005

910727 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 17, 2005

911661 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 28, 2005

912010 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 16, 2005

912197 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 22, 2005

913378 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 17, 2006

913803 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 31, 2006

914140 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 7, 2006

915033 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 14, 2006

916563 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 13, 2006

917704 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 4, 2006

917879 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 7, 2006

918155 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 17, 2006

Installation details

Prerequisites

You must have the following software updates installed before you install this update.
  • Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

    For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

  • Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or a later service pack (Windows XP users only)

    For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 (SP4) or a later Windows 2000 service pack (Windows 2000 users only)

    For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    260910 How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack

Additional requirements

After you install this update, you must apply the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (Beta 2). For more information about how to obtain the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2), visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx

If you do not install the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2), you may later be prompted to download and install the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2). For more information about the issues when you do not install the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

919026 Error message when you try to open or to save a Microsoft Office 2007 file: "Do you want to download a compatibility pack so that you can work with this file"

Removal information

To remove this update, use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.

Note You may not have the option to remove the update from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. For more information about how to remove certain Office updates by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

903771 Information about the ability to uninstall Office updates

How to obtain and to install the update

The client updateTo download and to install the client update, follow these steps:
  1. Download the update to a folder on your computer. To obtain the update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx

  2. In the folder to which you downloaded the update, double-click the Office2003-kb910473-fullfile-enu.exe file to start the installation of update 910473.
  3. If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.
  4. Click Yes to accept the license agreement.
  5. Insert your Office 2003 CD-ROM if you are prompted. Then, click OK.
  6. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
The administrative updateIf you installed Office 2003 from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location with the administrative update. Then, the server administrator must deploy that update to your computer.

If you are the server administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update:
  1. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, create a folder on drive C. Name the folder kb910473.
  2. Download the update to the kb910473 folder. To obtain the update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx

  3. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
  4. At the command prompt, type the following commands. Press ENTER after each line: 
    cd\kb910473

Office2003-kb910473-fullfile-enu.exe /c /t:c:\kb910473
  5. Click Yes to accept the license agreement. The following files will be extracted to the kb910474 folder:
    • Excelff.msp
    • Mso.msp
    • Powerpntff.msp
    • Winwordff.msp
  6. If you are familiar with the procedure to update your administrative installation, click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:

    msiexec /a AdminPath\MSI File /p C:\kb910473\MSP File SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE

    In this command, AdminPath is the path of your administrative installation point for Office 2003. For example, the path may be C:\Office2003. MSI File is the .msi database package for the Office 2003 product. For example, the .msi database package may be Pro11.msi. Additionally, MSP File is the name of the administrative update.

    Note You can append the /qb+ switch to the command line so that the Office 2003 Administrative Installation dialog box and the End User License Agreement dialog box do not appear.
  7. To deploy the update to the client computers, click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:

    msiexec /i AdminPath\MSI File REINSTALL=Feature List REINSTALLMODE=vomu

    In this command, AdminPath is the path of your administrative installation point for Office 2003. For example, the path may be C:\Office2003. MSI File is the .msi database package for the Office 2003 product. For example, the .msi database package may be Pro11.msi. Additionally, FeatureList is the list of case-sensitive feature names that must be reinstalled for the update. To install all features, use REINSTALL=ALL. Alternatively, you can install the following features.

    Excel 2003

    EXCELFiles, EXCELNonBootFiles, ProductFiles

    Office 2003

    EXCELFiles, EXCELNonBootFiles, PPTFiles, WORDFiles, WORDNonBootFiles, ProductFiles

    PowerPoint 2003

    PPTFiles, ProductFiles

    Word 2003

    WORDFiles, WORDNonBootFiles, ProductFiles

  8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 as appropriate for each .msp file until all .msp files are installed.
Note You must restart the computer after you install this update.

For detailed procedures that explain how to update an administrative image and how to update client computers, see the "Updating clients from a patched administrative image" section in the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic. To view the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011525741033.aspx

The Office Admin Update Center for Office IT professionals contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Microsoft Office. For more information about the Office Admin Update Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011511561033.aspx

How to determine whether the update is installed

Update 910473 contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.
File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTime
Excel.exe11.0.8022.010,196,24014-Apr-200604:51
Ietag.dll11.0.6550.0161,98417-Mar-200519:36
Mso.dll11.0.8023.012,246,79220-Apr-200619:59
Powerpnt.exe11.0.8022.06,253,32814-Apr-200604:47
Winword.exe11.0.8023.012,146,44820-Apr-200619:33
You do not have to install this update if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the table. For more information about how to determine the version of Office 2003 that is installed on the computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

821549 How to check the version of Office 2003 products

Information for administrators about .msp files

Update 910473 consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file.

The following .msp files are distributed in this update.
Name of .msp fileDescription
Excelff.mspApplies to Excel 2003
Mso.mspApplies to Office 2003
Powerpntff.mspApplies to PowerPoint 2003
Winwordff.mspApplies to Word 2003
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/12/2006
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