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

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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 KB2899501 for Microsoft Office 2013 that was released on December 9, 2014. This update also applies to Office Home and Student 2013 RT. Please be aware that the update in Download Center applies to Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2013. It does not apply to the Office 2013 Click-to-Run editions such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (How to determine?).

Improvements and Fixes

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More Information

How to determine whether my Office installation is Click-to-Run or MSI-based:

  1. Start an Office 2013 application, such as Word 2013.

  2. On the File menu, click Account.

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

Office 2013 Click-to-Run installation

MSI-based Office 2013

The screenshot for Word Click To Run

The screenshot for Word MSI

This update contains the files that are listed in the following tables. 32-bit Riched20-x-none.msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Riched20.dll

15.0.4675.1001

1,625,248

18-Nov-2014

12:47

64-bit Riched20-x-none.msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Riched20.dll

15.0.4675.1001

2,226,848

18-Nov-2014

12:47

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 KB2899501, and then tap or click Uninstall.

Windows 7

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.

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

  3. Click View installed updates.

  4. In the list of updates, locate and then click update KB2899501, and then click Uninstall.

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