Description of the Office 2013 update: October 8, 2013

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Applies To

Office Home and Business 2013 Office Home and Student 2013 Office Home and Student 2013 RT Office Professional 2013 Office Professional Plus 2013 Office Standard 2013

Notice

This update is no longer available. To fix the issues that are described in this article, install the latest Microsoft Office update from the following Microsoft Learn article:

Latest updates for versions of Office that use Windows Installer (MSI)

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2013. This update provides the latest fixes for the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Office 2013 and Office Home and Student 2013 RT. Additionally, this update contains stability and performance improvements.

Issue that this update fixes

Microsoft Word 2013 crashes when you type an equation, such as "(a + 1)!^2," and then you press the Spacebar.
When you input text in any of the following languages in OneNote, the text is displayed incorrectly and is unreadable:
- Punjabi (Arabic)
- Central Kurdish
- Sindhi (Arabic)
Microsoft Lync 2013 crashes when you use Narrator to read a smiley face character