Applies ToOffice Home and Business 2010 Office Home and Student 2010 Office Professional 2010 Office Professional Academic 2010 Office Professional Plus 2010 Office Standard 2010 Office Starter 2010

This article describes update 2837606 for Microsoft Office 2010 that was released on July 8, 2014. This update improves efficiency of the algorithm for Office applications to determine whether legacy shapes or modern shapes should be loaded.  About Office ShapesLegacy shapes are the shapes that you created by using Office 2003 or earlier Office versions. Modern shapes were added in Office 2007, Office 2010 and Office 2013. The modern shapes support some effects such as Shadow and 3D-Rotation. 

How to download and install the update

Windows Update

Use Windows Update to automatically download and install the update.

Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

If you are not sure what platform (32-bit or 64-bit) you’re running, see Am I running 32-bit or 64-bit Office?. For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses, using 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 it.

Restart information You do not have to restart the computer after you install this update.

More Information

PrerequisitesTo apply this update, you must have either Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed. For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2460049 Description of Office 2010 SP1

2687455 Description of Office 2010 SP2

This update contains the files that are listed in the following tables.32-bitOartconv-x-none.msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Oartconv.dll

14.0.7128.5000

11,139,264

11-Jun-2014

64-bitOartconv-x-none.msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Oartconv.dll

14.0.7128.5000

19,217,600

11-Jun-2014

How to uninstall this update

Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.

  2. Type Appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.

  3. Use one of the following procedures, depending on the operating system that you are running.

    • Windows 7 and Windows Vista

      1. Click View installed updates.

      2. In the list of updates, locate and click update KB2837606, and then click Uninstall.

    • Windows XP

      1. Click to select the Show updates check box.

      2. In the list of updates, locate and click update KB2837606, and then click Remove.

Windows 8

  1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.

  2. Type windows update, tap or click Settings, and then tap or click View installed updates in the search results.

  3. In the list of updates, locate and then tap or click update KB2837606, and then tap or click Uninstall.

The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all Versions of Office. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, go to the following Microsoft website:

IT support and resources for Microsoft Office

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