Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1

Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office 2003. Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office 2003. Office 2003 SP1 contains significant security enhancements and stability and performance improvements. Office 2003 SP1 also includes many performance and feature enhancements to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003.

Service pack details

List of issues that are fixed in the service pack

Microsoft Office Access 2003

For more information about the issues that this service pack fixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

For more information about the issues that this service pack fixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

For more information about the issues that this service pack fixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003

Office 2003 SP1 fixes the InfoPath 2003 issue that is described in the following hotfix package:

Office 2003 SP1 fixes the following InfoPath 2003 issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Task pane size is not saved when you work in Portrait view on a Tablet PC

When you resize a task pane in InfoPath 2003 that is installed on a Tablet PC computer, the task pane size is not saved when you work in Portrait view on the Tablet PC.


InfoPath 2003 quits unexpectedly when you replace a long string of text with a valid user name in User Roles

When you replace a long string of text with a valid user name in User Roles, InfoPath 2003 may quit unexpectedly.

Microsoft Office 2003

Office 2003 SP1 fixes the Office 2003 issues that are described in the following hotfix packages:


Office 2003 SP1 fixes the Office 2003 issue that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

For more information about the issues that are fixed in this service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Office 2003 SP1 fixes the PowerPoint 2003 issues that are described in the following hotfix packages:



Office 2003 SP1 fixes the PowerPoint 2003 issue that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Office 2003 SP1 fixes the following PowerPoint 2003 issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

"File is corrupted" error message when you try to open a presentation in PowerPoint Viewer 2003

When you try to open a PowerPoint 2003 presentation in PowerPoint Viewer 2003, you receive a "File is corrupted" error message. This issue may occur if the presentation was last saved in an earlier version of Microsoft PowerPoint such as Microsoft PowerPoint 97 or Microsoft PowerPoint 2000. To work around this issue, resave the presentation in PowerPoint 2003 before you open the presentation in PowerPoint Viewer 2003.


Error message when you click "Package to CD" on the File menu

When you click Package to CD on the File menu and then click Copy to folder in PowerPoint 2003, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

Office 2003 SP1 fixes the Publisher 2003 issues that are described in the following hotfix packages:


Office 2003 SP1 fixes the following Publisher 2003 issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Border art does not print or you receive an error message when you try to print a publication to a color PostScript printer

When you try to print a publication to a color PostScript printer that contains an object with border art, the border art does not print, or you receive a PostScript error message. This issue occurs when the Convert Gray Graphics to PostScript Gray option is selected in the properties of your color printer.


The "Enable character spacing control" check box is not available in Publisher 2003

In Microsoft Publisher 2002, the Enable character spacing control check box was available on the Asian Typography tab. In Publisher 2003, the Enable character spacing control check box is not available.


The paper source changes back to the original setting when you change the paper source for your printer

When you change the paper source for your printer on the Printer and Paper tab in Publisher 2003, and then reopen the Printer and Paper tab, the paper source changes back to the original setting.


The picture changes back to original size when you click "Save as Linked Picture" in Graphics Manager

When you click Save as Linked Picture in Graphics Manager on the Tools menu, the picture in your publication changes back to its original size.


The HTML file size is large when you publish a publication after you turn off the "Allow PNG as a graphics format" option

When you turn off the Allow PNG as a graphics format to improve graphics quality option on the Web tab, and then publish your publication to a folder on your local hard disk drive, PNG graphic files are saved to the folder and large JPG files are not down-sampled. This issue causes the file size for the HTML page to be large.

Microsoft Office Word 2003

For more information about the issues that are fixed in the service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

List of issues that are fixed by Office 2003 SP1 in a downloadable format

There is an Excel workbook available that contains a list of the Office 2003 issues that are fixed by Office 2003 SP1.

Note The workbook is in the English-language, and it will not be translated in any other languages.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:


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For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Security bulletins that are associated with the service pack

There are no security bulletins that are associated with Office 2003 SP1.

Earlier released updates that are included in the service pack

Office 2003 SP1 includes the following update that was previously released:

The Danish language version of Office 2003 SP1 includes the following update that was previously released:
The Finnish language version of Office 2003 SP1 includes the following earlier released update:
The Dutch language version of Office 2003 SP1 includes the following update that was previously released:

Known Issues

Known issues during installation of the service pack

There are known issues that may occur when you install Office 2003 SP1.

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

Updating Office Web Components

Typically, the Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components and the Microsoft Office XP Web Components are installed when Office 2003 is installed. If you installed the Web Components in this manner, they are updated by Office 2003 SP1 (MainSP1.msp), and no additional updates are required for the Web Components that are related to SP1.

If you installed the Web Components separately by using one of the following methods, the Web Components will not be updated by installing MainSP1.msp. You must take additional steps to update the Web Components.

• If you ran ...\FILES\OWC10\Setup.exe from the Office 2003 installation CD, you must update the Web Components by applying OWC102003SP1.msp. This file is included with SP1.
• If you ran ...\FILES\OWC11\Setup.exe from the Office 2003 installation CD, you must update the Web Components by applying OWC11SP1.msp. This file is included with SP1.
• If you created an administrative installation point for the Web Components by running "Setup /a" from the OWC folder, and then you installed the Web Components from the administrative installation point, you must update the Web Components by applying the appropriate Windows Installer Package that is included with SP1 (OWC11SP1.msp or OWC102003SP1.msp).
• If you downloaded and installed the Web Components from the following Office Update Web site, you must update the Web Components by downloading the latest version of the Web Components.
  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/maincatalog.aspx

  (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/maincatalog.aspx)
• If you installed the Web Components while visiting a Web site, you must update the Web Components by downloading the latest version of the Web Components.
  
  Note When you visit a Web site that uses the Web Components, you may be prompted to install the Web Components on your computer.

To download the latest version of the Web Components, visit the following Microsoft Web sites.

Microsoft Office 2003 Web ComponentsMicrosoft Office XP Web Components

Known issues that may occur after the service pack is installed

There is a known issue that occurs after you install Office 2003 SP1.

For more information about the issue that occurs after the service pack is installed, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Installation details

Obtain and install the service pack

You can find the following information at the Microsoft Download Center:

• Installation instructions for Office 2003 SP1
• Deployment strategies for Office 2003 SP1

To download the service pack from the Microsoft Download Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Determine whether the service pack is installed

The service pack contains updated versions of the following files:You do not have to install this service pack 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 your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Additionally, the following files are also installed when you install Office 2003 SP1:

MSP file information for administrators

The administrative update is made up of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer patch file (MSP file) that is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following MSP files are distributed in this service pack:

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators

If you update your administrative installation point and recache and reinstall Office 2003 on client computers, we recommend that you run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=ALL property to install all the features.

For detailed procedures to update an administrative image and update client computers, see the "Updating clients from a patched administrative image" section in the "Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates" topic. To view the "Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site: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:

Error signature details

You receive an error message that is similar to the following when you use Office 2003 SP1:Note In this error message, application name is the name of the Office 2003 program that is running when you receive the error message.

When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following: Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.