Description of Office SharePoint Designer 2007 SP3 and of Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP3

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP3 provide the latest updates to Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and to Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007. These updates include two main categories of fixes: 

• Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack. In addition to general product fixes, this includes improvements in stability, performance, and security.
• All the public updates, security updates, cumulative updates, and hotfixes that were released through August 2011.

Because Office service packs are cumulative, you do not have to install Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 before you install Service Pack 3. Service Pack 3 includes all fixes which were included in Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2.

How to obtain and install the service packs

Method 1: Microsoft Update (recommended)

To download the service pack from Microsoft Update, visit the following Microsoft website:

Microsoft Update (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx)

Enrolling in Microsoft Update is the recommended way to update products to SP3. Microsoft Update will detect which products that you have installed, and then apply all updates to the products.

Method 2: Download the SP3 package from Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Office SharePoint Designer 2007 SP3 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=081E6420-E8CA-48C2-B06B-61D7C700858D)
Download the Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP3 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CBE88FBF-8A50-45C9-8187-163606323CC1)

 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.

Overview of Office SharePoint Designer 2007 SP3 improvements

• Improves the stability and security of the overall product.
• Improves the reliability of the website backup.
• Improves restore functionality.

Known issues and behavior changes

Technical information

For more information about this service pack, including a list of the affected files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 


Service pack removal

2007 Microsoft Office Service Pack 3 supports removal of client updates by using both the command line and the Microsoft Service Pack Uninstall Tool for the 2007 Microsoft Office suite. The Service Pack Uninstall Tool is available as a separate download. For more information about this tool, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

954914  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954914/ ) Microsoft Service Pack Uninstall Tool for the 2007 Microsoft Office suite