Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: May 24, 2006 (919734)

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Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:

• The optimized version of this hotfix package is a post-Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 hotfix package. To install the hotfix package, you must have Office 2003 Service Pack 2 installed. For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2

• The full-file version of this hotfix package is also the administrative version of this hotfix package. You can install this version of the hotfix package on a computer that is running Office 2003 with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Office 2003 with Service Pack 1. However, we have tested this hotfix package more extensively on Office 2003 with Service Pack 2 than on Microsoft Office 2003 with Service Pack 1. If you install this hotfix package on a computer that is running Microsoft Office 2003 with Service Pack 1, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend it.

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix package.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix package is not replaced by any later hotfix package.

Registry information

You must create a registry key or modify a registry key to use one of the hotfixes that this package contains. For more information about the registry key, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix file information

This hotfix package may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix package contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

The global version of this hotfix package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Download information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Office2003-kb919734-glb.exe	6.00.2800.1168	5,977,408	24-May-2006	13:47

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Winwordff.msp		13,711,872	24-May-2006	13:46

After the hotfix package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Winword.exe	11.0.8027	12,147,984	22-May-2006	22:26

Additional notes:

• For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
• For more information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when Microsoft corrects software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: