Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 16, 2008

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

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

• It takes longer than expected to open a large HTML file in Word 2003.
• Consider the following scenario. You open a read-only Word 2003 document that contains an ActiveX control from a Windows SharePoint Services document library. When you click Save on the File menu in Word 2003 to save a local copy of the document, you receive the following warning message:
  http://SharePoint_server_name/library_path/Document_name.doc cannot be accessed. The file may not exist or may be in use or the web server is temporarily busy.
  After you close the warning message, the Save as dialog box opens. After you select a different location for the document, you click Save. Then, you exit Word 2003. Later, you use Word 2003 to open the document from where you saved it locally. The ActiveX control appears as a picture. In this scenario, if you right-click the control and then click Object, you receive the following error message:
  Object is corrupt.

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: