Support for Microsoft Office Word 2003

Troubleshooting - Word 2003

• 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.
• MS10-105: Description of the security update for the Microsoft Office 2003 File Converter Pack: December 14, 2010
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in the Microsoft Office 2003 File Converter Pack that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified image is opened.
• 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.
• MS10-056: Description of the security update for Word 2003: August 10, 2010
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS11-073: Description of the security update for Office 2003: September 13, 2011
  Resolves security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• You receive a “There has been a network or file permission error. The network connection may be lost” error message when you work over a network in Word
  Describes an error message that you may receive when you try to run or save a document over a network in Word. Provides several workarounds to this problem.
• 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.
• MS08-055: Description of the security update for Office 2003: September 9, 2008
  Resolves a security vulnerability exists in Office 2003. The security vulnerability could allow remote code execution when you open a maliciously modified file.
• MS09-027: Description of the security update for Word 2003: June 9, 2009
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves the vulnerability.
• MS09-043: Description of the security update for Office 2003 Web Components and Office XP Web Components in Office 2003: August 11, 2009
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components and in Microsoft Office XP Web Components that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified Web page is opened.
• MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Office 2003: September 9, 2008
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office 2003. The security vulnerability could allow arbitrary code to run when you open a maliciously modified file.
• MS10-036: Description of the security update for Office 2003: June 8, 2010
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS10-079: Description of the security update for Word 2003: October 12, 2010
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• Adobe Acrobat buttons are missing or you receive an error message after you upgrade to Word
  Explains that your "Create a PDF File" and "Configure PDF Options" buttons in Adobe Acrobat may be missing from the toolbar after you upgrade to Word. Or your buttons may remain, but you may receive an error message when you click them.
• MS10-036: Description of the security update for Word 2003: June 8, 2010
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS08-042: Description of the security update for Word 2003: August 12, 2008
  Resolves a security vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS09-068: Description of the security update for Word 2003: November 10, 2009
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS10-079: Vulnerabilities in Word could allow remote code execution
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Word that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS11-023: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution: April 12, 2011
  Resolves vulnerabilities in Office that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. Additionally, this update installs an update that enables Office to use the Office File Validation add-in.
• MS08-072: Description of the security update for Word 2003: December 9, 2008
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS11-023: Description of the security update for Office 2003: April 12, 2011
  Resolves vulnerabilities in Office 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• Security warning starting Word after you install Microsoft Business Solutions Customer Relationship Management
  After you install Microsoft Business Solutions Customer Relationship Management (Microsoft CRM), and then you try to start Microsoft Word, Word may prompt you with a security warning that resembles the following security warning:
• Spell checker does not detect some misspelled words in Word
  Decribes how to work around an issue where missspelled words are not detected when you check the spelling of a document in Word.
• MS11-073: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution: September 13, 2011
  Resolves security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.