Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 13, 2007

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

• You attach an XML schema to a Word 2003 document. Then, you try to validate the XML schema programmatically by using the Word 2003 object model. The validation code returns without any errors for the XML header and for the XML footer. This issue occurs even though there are errors in the XML header and in the XML footer.
  
• You use a macro in Word 2003 to create mail merge documents from a very large data source. The macro saves the resulting mail merge documents in the Filtered HTML format. Additionally, the documents are sent to the recipients by using Microsoft Office Outlook. However, when some recipients receive the message, the embedded pictures in the HTML-formatted message display the following error message:
  Error! Hyperlink reference invalid.
• You open a protected document in Word 2003. Then, you click to select the Highlight the regions I can edit check box. However, light-colored text on a dark background or white text on a dark background becomes unreadable when the text is highlighted as an editable region.
  
• Consider the following scenario. You open a large Word 2003 document. The document contains portrait-oriented pages and landscape-oriented pages. You switch to Print Layout view. Then, you repaginate the document. In this scenario, as you scroll through the document, some headers and footers resize themselves very quickly. Typically, this issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • One of the headers or footers is located on a portrait-oriented page.
  • The other footer or header is located on a landscape-oriented page.
• You create an HTML-formatted e-mail message. To do this, you copy the HTML content from a Web page. Then, you paste the content to the body of the message. When you try to send the message, you receive the following error message:
  Unspecified Error

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this hotfix.

Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date 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.

Download informationMicrosoft Windows Installer .msp file informationAfter the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table: