Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-023. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update for Microsoft Word 2000.. This includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

•	Home users: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/default.mspx)
•	IT professionals: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-023.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-023.mspx)

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Issues that the security update fixes

Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the security update for Microsoft Word 2000 (KB887977) addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

•	830347 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830347/) Description of the Word 2000 Security Patch: November 11, 2003

•	830816 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830816/) Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 Hotfix Package: November 5, 2003

•	831958 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831958/) Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 17, 2003

•	833844 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833844/) Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 16, 2003

•	834003 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834003/) Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 13, 2004

•	835700 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835700/) Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 2, 2004

•	837245 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837245/) Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 26, 2004

•	838013 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838013/) Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 17, 2004

•	843181 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843181/) Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 9, 2004

•	843611 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843611/) Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 14, 2004

•	870755 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870755/) Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 29, 2004

•	871249 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871249/) Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 7, 2004

•	871256 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871256/) Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 12, 2004

•	873332 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873332/) Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 26, 2004

•	873359 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873359/) Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 19, 2004

Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the Winword.exe for Microsoft Word 2000 (KB887977) addresses this issue that is not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

•	Square boxes and unwanted foreign characters appear when you open a Microsoft Word document in Word 2000.

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Error signature details

You may receive an error message that is similar to the following when you use Office 2000 products: When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following error signatures. These error signatures are fixed by this update.

Application name	Application version	Module name	Module version	Offset
Winword.exe	9.0.0.8313	Winword.exe	9.0.0.8313	001cdd7d
Winword.exe	9.0.0.8216	Winword.exe	9.0.0.8216	001e9a97
Winword.exe	9.0.0.7407	Winword.exe	9.0.0.7407	001838ca
Winword.exe	9.0.0.6926	Winword.exe	9.0.0.6926	001d3432
Winword.exe	9.0.0.4527	Winword.exe	9.0.0.4527	001bed26
Winword.exe	9.0.0.8216	Winword.exe	9.0.0.8216	0037698f
Winword.exe	9.0.0.8216	Winword.exe	9.0.0.8216	0037698d
Winword.exe	9.0.0.6926	Winword.exe	9.0.0.6926	003873bc
Winword.exe	9.0.0.4527	Winword.exe	9.0.0.4527	0038ce53
Winword.exe	9.0.0.4527	Winword.exe	9.0.0.4527	0038ce51
Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	00415fe5
Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	00415fe3
Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	002028a8
Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	Winword.exe	9.0.0.3822	006e002e
Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	003723ff
Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	003723fd
Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	0017a227
Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	Winword.exe	9.0.0.2717	3df80000

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