Description of the security update for Word 2002: March 14, 2006

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-012. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites.

• If you are a home user:
  http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200603.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200603.mspx)
• If you are an IT professional:

Issues that the security update fixes

Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the security update for Microsoft Word 2002 (KB905754) addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

• 899519  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899519/ ) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 29, 2005
• 901031  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901031/ ) Description of the Word 2002 Post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 10, 2005
• 904384  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904384/ ) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 6, 2005
• 906861  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906861/ ) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 30, 2005