Applies ToOffice 2013 SP1 Office Home and Student 2013 RT

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)

This article describes update KB3101358 for Microsoft Office 2013, which was released on November 10, 2015. This update also applies to Office Home and Student 2013 RT. This update has a prerequisite.Be aware that the update in Download Center applies to Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2013. It doesn't apply to the Office 2013 Click-to-Run editions such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (How to determine?)

Improvements and fixes

Fixes the following issues:

  • When a large metafile is used in Publisher 2013 and the zoom level is set to 600% or larger, the image isn't displayed clearly.Note To fix this issue, install the update first and then follow the instructions in the Registry information section.

  • When you open a presentation that has a chart with certain formatting and elements such as up or down bars in PowerPoint 2013, PowerPoint 2013 crashes.

Update information

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you install this update.

Prerequisite

To apply this update, you must have Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 installed.

More Information

To determine whether your Office installation is Click-to-Run or MSI-based, follow these steps:

  1. Open an Office 2013 application, such as Microsoft Word 2013.

  2. On the File menu, select Account.

  3. For Office 2013 Click-to-Run installations, an Update Options item is displayed. For MSI-based installations, the Update Options item isn't displayed.

Office 2013 Click-to-Run installation

MSI-based Office 2013

The screenshot for Word Click To Run

The screenshot for Word MSI

Registry information

Important Follow the steps in this section carefully. Serious problems might occur if you change the registry incorrectly. Before you change it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur.After you install this update, follow these steps to set a registry key so that a large metafile is displayed in Publisher 2013, and the metafile isn't rasterized and it is just displayed as a vector image directly.

  1. Exit all Microsoft Office applications.

  2. Start Registry Editor:

    • In Windows 10, go to Start, enter regedit in the Search Windows box, and then select regedit.exe in the search results.

    • In Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, if you're using a mouse, move it to the upper-right corner, go to Search, enter regedit in the search text box, and then select regedit.exe in the search results.

    • In Windows 7, go to Start, enter regedit in the Search programs and files text box, and then select regedit.exe in the search results.

  3. Locate and then select the following registry entry:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\

  4. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then select Key.

  5. Enter GFX, and then press the Enter key.

  6. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then select DWORD Value.

  7. Enter ForceRenderMetafileVector, and then press the Enter key.

  8. In the Details pane, press and hold (or right-click) ForceRenderMetafileVector, and then select Modify.

  9. In the Value data box, enter 1, and then select OK.

  10. Exit Registry Editor.

Windows 10

  1. Go to Start, enter View Installed Updates in the Search Windows box, and then press Enter.

  2. In the list of updates, locate and then select update KB3101358, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

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

  2. Enter windows update, select Windows Update, and then select Installed Updates.

  3. In the list of updates, locate and then select update KB3101358, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 7

  1. Go to Start, enter Run, and then select Run.

  2. Enter Appwiz.cpl, and then select OK.

  3. Select View installed updates.

  4. In the list of updates, locate and then select update KB3101358, and then select Uninstall.

References

See the information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates. The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office.

File Information

The global version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it 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.

oart-x-none.msp file information

File identifier

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Igx.dll

Igx.dll

15.0.4763.1000

10,368,576

13-Oct-2015

23:09

Oart.dll

Oart.dll

15.0.4771.1000

21,233,320

13-Oct-2015

23:09

Oartodf.dll

Oartodf.dll

15.0.4763.1000

3,776,080

13-Oct-2015

23:09

oart-x-none.msp file information

File identifier

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Igx.dll

Igx.dll

15.0.4763.1000

9,788,144

13-Oct-2015

23:07

Oart.dll

Oart.dll

15.0.4771.1000

16,021,104

13-Oct-2015

23:07

Oartodf.dll

Oartodf.dll

15.0.4763.1000

2,849,952

13-Oct-2015

23:07

oart-x-none.msp file information

File identifier

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Igx.dll

Igx.dll

15.0.4763.1000

8,983,616

13-Oct-2015

23:07

Oart.dll

Oart.dll

15.0.4771.1000

14,440,616

13-Oct-2015

23:07

Oartodf.dll

Oartodf.dll

15.0.4763.1000

2,132,048

13-Oct-2015

23:07

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