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Help and support for Microsoft Word 2003. Links to customer service and technical solutions, downloads, updates, and answers to top issues.

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Description of the January 2010 update for Office Word

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how-to articles - Error Messages

how-to articles - Error Messages

How to troubleshoot print failures in Word
Describes how to diagnose print failures in Word 2013, Word 2010, Word 2007, and Word 2003. Explains how to isolate the cause of the print failure and how to resolve the issue.
How to troubleshoot printing problems in Word
Explains how to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to print documents or print from templates in Word 2010, Word 2007, or Word 2003. Provides procedures to resolve the problems.
How to open new file formats in earlier versions of Microsoft Office
Describes the installation requirements to open and save files that are in the Open XML Formats by using earlier versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

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Download details - Error Messages

Download details - Error Messages

Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
Developers can use Automation in Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that use the capabilities and the features that are built into the Office product. Although such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative...
Description of the Office updates: August 10, 2010
Lists the Office updates that are released on August 10, 2010.
Description of the Office Word 2003 hotfix package: March 3, 2010
Describes the issue that is fixed in the Office Word 2003 hotfix package that is dated March 3, 2010.

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Troubleshooting - Error Messages

Troubleshooting - Error Messages

You may receive error messages when you install the .msp files that are contained in hotfix 950009
Describes an issue that you may receive error messages when you install the .msp files that are contained in hotfix 950009.
You receive an error message when you try to open a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word
Describes an issue in which you receive a message when you try to open a file type that was blocked by an administrator in Word 2013, Word 2010, Word 2007, or Word 2003. Provides a resolution.
Error message in Office when a file is blocked by registry policy settings
Describes an issue that occurs when you try to open or to save a file type that is blocked by your registry policy setting in one of the programs in Office 2013, Office 2010, the 2007 Office system, or Office 2003.

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WebCast: How to use Microsoft Office Word 2003 as your XML editor

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Last Review : February 14, 2013