MS09-027: Description of the security update for Word 2007: June 9, 2009

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS09-027. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins /200906.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200906.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/MS09-027.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-027.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support Web site: North American customers can also obtain instant access to unlimited no-charge e-mail support or to unlimited individual chat support by visiting the following Microsoft Web site: For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through your usual support contacts.

Known issues with this security update

• After you install this security update, when you open documents that use an East Asian ClearType font, such as Meiryo, JhengHei, or YaHei fonts, they may revert to the Document Grid setting Specify line grid only. This causes the document to grow longer as the text snaps to the line grid.
• After you install this update, XML tag structure may not appear correctly in saved DocX Word documents that contain a document variable.
  

To resolve these known issues, install hotfix 970942.
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Prerequisites to install this security update

This security update is a post 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 security update. To install the security update, you must have 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 installed.

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

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces the following security update:

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.

Microsoft Office Word 2007