Article ID: 938807 - Last Review: September 18, 2007 - Revision: 1.6

Office files that are saved in certain formats no longer contain the version number of Office after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

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SYMPTOMS

You install Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3). When you save an Office file, the version number of Office is no longer saved in the properties of the document.

This behavior occurs if you save the Office file in any of the following formats:
  • Web Page (.html)
  • Single File Web Page (.mht)
  • Rich Text Format (.rtf)
  • XML Document (.xml)
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CAUSE

This behavior was changed in Office 2003 SP3 to improve the security of Office 2003 documents.
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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
870924  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870924/ ) How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Access 2003
  • Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
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