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Description of the PowerPoint 2002 update: October 4, 2001

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SUMMARY

Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. This update addresses a vulnerability that may allow malicious code to run in a PowerPoint file without warning. Under normal circumstances, you receive a warning in PowerPoint 2002 when you open a document containing macros. However, it is possible for a malicious user to modify the macros in such a way that a macro can run with no warning being issued. This may cause damage to data or allow unauthorized retrieval of data from your system when you visit a Web site or open an e-mail message. After you apply this update, a warning will appear before you open a PowerPoint file containing macros.

For more information on this issue, see the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-50: Malformed Excel or PowerPoint Document Can Bypass Macro Security (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-050.mspx)

This article explains how to download and install the Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Update: October 4, 2001.

NOTE: This Public Update is part of the Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1), but for your convenience the Public Update also is available individually, as described in the "More Information" section of this article. If you already applied Office XP SP-1, you do not need to apply this Public Update.

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

307841 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307841/ ) How to obtain the latest Office XP service pack

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MORE INFORMATION

How to Download and Install the Update

Client Update

If you installed Office XP from a CD-ROM, you have two options:

Use the Office Product Updates Web site to automatically install all of the latest updates that includes all available Service Packs and Public Updates.
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Install only the Public Update by using the steps described later.

Both options require that you have your Office XP CD-ROM available throughout the installation process.

Office Product Updates

To have the Office Product Updates Web site detect the required updates that you must install on your computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/ProductUpdates/default.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/ProductUpdates/default.aspx)

After detection is complete, you receive a list of recommended updates for your approval. Click Start Installation to complete the process.

Install Only PowerPoint 2002 Update

Follow these steps to download and install the client update:

Use your Web browser to browse to the following Microsoft Web site:
Click here to download the Client Update (http://download.microsoft.com/download/powerpoint2002/ppt1001/1/w98nt42kme/en-us/ppt1001.exe)
If you are prompted, click Download Now, click Save this program to disk, and then click OK. Or, click Save to save the Ppt1001.exe file to the selected folder.
In Windows Explorer, double-click Ppt1001.exe.
If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.
Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
Insert your Office XP CD-ROM into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive when you are prompted to do so, and then click OK.
When you receive a message that indicates that the update was applied successfully, click OK.

NOTE: After you install the public update, you cannot uninstall it.

For more information about the Client Patch, click the link below for the Office Tools on the Web article.

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/ppt1001.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/ppt1001.aspx)

Administrative Update

If you installed Office XP from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location with the administrative public update and then deploy that update to your computer.

If you are the server administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update:

Browse to the following Microsoft Web site:
Click here to download the Administrative Update (http://download.microsoft.com/download/powerpoint2002/ppt1001/1/w98nt42kme/en-us/ppt1001a.exe)
Download the file to your desktop.
In Windows Explorer, double-click the Ppt1001a.exe file.
Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
In the Please type the location where you want to place the extracted files box, type C:\Ppt1001a, and then click OK.
Click Yes when you are prompted to create the folder.
Click Start and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box
msiexec /a admin path\MSI file /p C:\Ppt1001a\Powerpnt_admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1
where admin path is the path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP), and where MSI file is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi).
To deploy the update to an existing client installation, click Start, and then click Run on the client computer. Type the following command in the Open box
msiexec /i admin path\MSI file REINSTALL=PPTFiles REINSTALLMODE=vomus
where admin path is the path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP), and where MSI file is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi).NOTE: All features following the REINSTALL property are case-sensitive.

For more information about how to update your administrative installation and deploy to client workstations, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301348 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301348/ ) How to install public updates to administrative installations of Office XP

This article contains standard instructions for installing an administrative public update.

Or, browse to the following article in the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/journ/ppxp10-4.htm (http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/journ/ppxp10-4.htm)

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How to Determine Whether the Public Update Is Installed

The update replaces the Powerpnt.exe file. The version of PowerPoint 2002 that is displayed when you click About Microsoft PowerPoint on the Help menu is updated to 10.3207.2625.

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Issues Fixed by the Update

Error in Slide Design Task Pane:

When you use the keyboard to navigate to the Slide Design task pane, scroll through all the templates, and then select a template, you may receive an error message. Then, PowerPoint quits.

Printed Presentation Contains Overlapped Text After Hyphens:

In some situations, PowerPoint overlaps text when printing. The overlapping text occurs after hyphens.

POWERPNT.EXE!DeviceList__Remove Error Message When You Attempt to Quit PowerPoint:

After you print a presentation to multiple printers, you may receive this error message when you attempt to quit PowerPoint.

Change in Binary File Can Bypass Macro Controls:

A PowerPoint presentation can be altered in such a way that the macros in the file will run without prompting a macro warning or being stopped by macro controls.

Error Signatures

This update addresses the following error signatures:

App Name      App Version      Module Name      Module Version   Offset
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powerpnt.exe  10.0.2623.0      ntdll.dll        5.0.2195.1600    00002460
powerpnt.exe  10.0.2623.0      ntdll.dll        5.0.2195.2779    00003941
powerpnt.exe  10.0.2623.0      ntdll.dll        5.1.2462.0       00001c12
powerpnt.exe  10.0.2623.0      ntdll.dll        5.1.2505.0       00001c40
powerpnt.exe  10.0.2623.0      ntdll.dll        5.1.2485.0       00016dcb

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