Tuesday, September 18th 2007
Office 2003 Service Pack Three Released
Any techPowerUp! readers running Microsoft Office 2003 may be interested to know that Microsoft has just released the third service pack for the software. The main changes are as follows:
- Office 2003 can no longer open or save certain file formats. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938810.
- MAPI forms do not run in public folders and user folders. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938816.
- Office 2003 can now be configured to allow or deny specific COM components. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938815.
- Some COM components with unusual characteristics may not function as expected. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938814.
- Changes have been made to the behavior of Microsoft Office Document Imaging. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938813.
- Attachments with the .gadget extension can no longer be opened in Outlook. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938811.
- Access add-ins can no longer be configured for use by all users. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938809.
- The Fast Save setting in Microsoft Office Word has been removed. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938808.
- Documents saved in certain formats no longer contain the version number of Office. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938807.
- Certain macros in older Excel file formats have increased security. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938806.
16 Comments on Office 2003 Service Pack Three Released
so they had a dabble at some classic time wasting...
Ive moved on from office 2003 long ago. probably just trying to save or scrape up some more revenue by forcing yout to buy newer/older products that support your file type.
I'm using 2007, and I'm very happy with it.