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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 move Word AutoCorrect entries between computers in Word 2003
Explains how to back up AutoCorrect entries on the source computer and how to restore them to the destination computer by using the AutoCorrect Utility.
How to restore a mail merge main document to a normal Word document in Word
Describes how to restore a Mail Merge Main Document to a Normal Word Document in Word.
How to customize, to create, and to restore Word menus in Word 2003 and in Word 2002
Describes how to create a new menu and how to customize an existing menu. Includes how to restore built-in menus in Word 2003 and Word 2002.

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"Backup of .wbk is open by another user" message when you save a document in Word 2003
Describes an issue that occurs when you try to save a Word 2003 document, you receive a message that states that the backup file is open by another user.
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.
After you embed an Excel 2003 worksheet in a Word 2003 document, the object is not recognized as a worksheet object
Describes a problem in which an Excel worksheet is not recognized as a worksheet object after you embed the object in a Word 2003 document.

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Troubleshooting - Backup

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.
Date, Phone Number, and Currency fields are merged incorrectly when you use an Access or Excel data source in Word
Discusses a problem that occurs where the Date, Phone Number, and Currency fields are not merged correctly when you use OLEDB with a Microsoft Access or with a Microsoft Excel data source to perform a mail merge.
You cannot open a document in Microsoft Word 2003
Explains how to troubleshoot problems that occur when you try to open a document. This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.

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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