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MS08-057: Description of the security update for Excel 2003: October 14, 2008

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-057. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200810.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200810.mspx)
Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate
(http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-057.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-057.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update

(http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527)

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support

(http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bb980617.aspx)

Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center

(http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master)

Local support according to your country: International Support

(http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx)

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Known Issues

After you apply this security update, you may find that you cannot copy an Office Excel 2003 chart into Office PowerPoint 2003. For more information about how to resolve this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
983230
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983230/ )
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 hotfix package (Powerpnt.msp): June 9, 2010
After you apply this security update, you cannot enable embedded Excel OLE objects that contain empty VBA projects in the a PowerPoint 2003 presentation. For more information about how to resolve this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
970220
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970220/ )
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 hotfix package (Powerpnt.msp): April 28, 2009

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More information about this security update

Non-security-related fixes that are included in this security update

This security update fixes the following issues:

954715
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954715/ )
Description of the Excel 2003 hotfix package: June 26, 2008
955304
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955304/ )
Description of the Excel 2003 hotfix package: July 11, 2008
955650
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955650/ )
Description of the Excel 2003 hotfix package: July 18, 2008

Prerequisites

To install this security update, you must have Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 installed.

For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870924/ )

How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

Update replacement information

This security update replaces the following security update:

951548

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951548/ )

MS08-043: Description of the security update for Excel 2003: August 12, 2008

File information

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it 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.

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