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Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package: June 10, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:953474Last Review:July 24, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the 2007 Microsoft Office system issue that is fixed in the hotfix package that is dated June 10, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:•The issues that the hotfix package fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.•Whether the hotfix package is ... Read more..

How to implement Forms-based authentication for Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using SQL ServerView products that this article applies to.Article ID:952170Last Review:June 17, 2008Revision:1.0INTRODUCTIONThis article describes how to implement Forms-based authentication for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using Microsoft SQL Server that is installed on the same computer.MORE INFORMATIONTo implement Forms-based authentication for Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using an instance of SQL Server that is installed on the same computer, follow these steps:1. Create an Aspnetdb database to use ... Read more..

Description of the Word 2007 hotfix package: May 13, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:952701Last Review:May 28, 2008Revision:1.1On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the Microsoft Office Word 2007 issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated May 13, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix:•The issues that the hotfix fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix.•Whether the hotfix is replaced by any other hotfix.•Whether you ... Read more..

MS08-055: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code executionView products that this article applies to.Article ID:955047Last Review:September 9, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageINTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released security bulletin MS08-055. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:•Home users:http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx)Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)•IT professionals:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-055.msp (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-055.mspx)Back to the topHow to obtain help and support for this security update For home users, no-charge ... Read more..

The Ref field is updated incorrectly when you print a Word 2007 documentView products that this article applies to.Article ID:954541Last Review:July 17, 2008Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario. You insert a cross-reference into a Microsoft Office Word 2007 document. If you update the cross-reference, a revision occurs in the value of the Ref field. In this scenario, the Ref field is updated incorrectly when you print the Word 2007 document. Therefore, the revision in the cross-reference disappears.Back to ... Read more..

Watermarks are used to print text or a graphic behind document text. Watermarks are transparent, and therefore any text or inserted object printed over a watermark is clearly visible. This article describes how to do the following in a Microsoft Word document: Create text or picture watermarks Change the position of a watermark on a page Specify the pages on which a watermark appears How to add a text watermark loadTOCNode(2, \'summary\'); To add a text watermark to a Word document by using the Printed ... Read more..

The colors of a picture that is inserted in an Office file may be incorrectView products that this article applies to.Article ID:952207Last Review:September 11, 2008Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario: •You install a Xerox scanner driver on a computer.•You use the From Scanner command or the Camera command to insert a picture in a Microsoft Office file.In this scenario, the colors of the first picture that is inserted in the Office file are incorrect. However, the colors of pictures ... Read more..

Article ID: 960709 - Last Review: January 6, 2009 - Revision: 1.3Cumulative update packages for the 2007 Microsoft Office core suite applications and for 2007 Microsoft Office servers: December 16, 2008 View products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONThe cumulative update packages for December 2008 contain the latest hotfixes for the 2007 Office core suite applications and servers. We recommend that you test hotfixes before you deploy them in a production environment. Because the builds ... Read more..

Issues that you may encounter when you open or are using a Microsoft Office Access database on a computer that is running Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:935370Last Review:November 2, 2007Revision:1.4SYMPTOMSWhen you open or are using a Microsoft Office Access database on a computer that is running Windows Vista, you may encounter one or more of the following issues:•Access appears to stop responding.•Access responds very slowly.•Access exits unexpectedly or crashes.•An event that resembles the following is logged ... Read more..

Article ID: 960494 - Last Review: January 12, 2009 - Revision: 1.0The edges and lines of a pasted chart are blurred in a 2007 Office applicationView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSWhen you try to paste a chart by using the Copy as Picture feature in a 2007 Microsoft Office application, the edges and lines of the pasted chart are blurred.Back to the topRESOLUTIONImportant This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to ... Read more..

Description of the Word 2007 hotfix package: March 25, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:950486Last Review:April 2, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the Microsoft Office Word 2007 issue that is fixed in the Word 2007 hotfix package that is dated March 25, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:•The issues that the hotfix package fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.•Whether the ... Read more..

Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package: May 6, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:951643Last Review:May 30, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the 2007 Microsoft Office system issue that is fixed in the 2007 Office system hotfix package that is dated May 6, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:•The issues that the hotfix package fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.•Whether the ... Read more..

This article describes how to create absolute hyperlinks and relative hyperlinks in Microsoft Office Word 2007 and in Microsoft Office Word 2003. MORE INFORMATION loadTOCNode(1, \'moreinformation\'); Word automatically creates a hyperlink when you type the address of an existing Web page, such as www.microsoft.com, into a document. This behavior occurs only if you have not turned off the automatic formatting of hyperlinks functionality. You can also create customized hyperlinks to documents on a computer or on a network share. These hyperlinks ... Read more..

Action You are using Microsoft Visual FoxPro to execute OLE automation code against Microsoft Word 2003 or 2007. The code attempts to add an image to an InLineShapes collection in a Microsoft Word document.   Result You may receive this error in Microsoft Visual FoxPro: "OLE Idispatch exception code 0 from Microsoft Word: This is not a valid file name."   Cause The Microsoft Visual FoxPro code in use may not properly reference the InLineShapes collection in the Microsoft Word document.   Resolution The following code demonstrates how to add a bitmap image to an ... Read more..

Article ID: 946886 - Last Review: November 7, 2008 - Revision: 1.0A video call may fail when you try to start the video call by using Office Communicator on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows VistaHotfix Download AvailableView and request hotfix downloadsView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSWhen you try to start a video call by using Microsoft Office Communicator on a computer that is running ... Read more..

Article ID: 959647 - Last Review: January 13, 2009 - Revision: 2.0Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package (Mso.msp): December 16, 2008Hotfix Download AvailableView and request hotfix downloadsView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSUMMARYThis article describes the 2007 Microsoft Office system issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated December 16, 2008.Back to the topINTRODUCTIONIssues that this hotfix package fixesThis hotfix package also fixes the following issues that are not ... Read more..

Article ID: 956912 - Last Review: February 16, 2009 - Revision: 1.0The original file is not removed from the shared network location after you convert a .doc file to the .docx file formatView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMS You open a Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 document (*.doc) file from a shared network location. Then, you convert this file to the Word 2007 document (*.docx) file format. When you try to save the ... Read more..

A blank Internet Explorer window does not close automatically as expected after you open an Office document in Internet Explorer 7View products that this article applies to.Article ID:943117Last Review:June 20, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario:•In Windows Internet Explorer 7, you click a link in a Web page to open a Microsoft Office document.•A blank Internet Explorer window is opened. At the same time, a File Download box appears. In this scenario, if you click Open to open the document, ... Read more..

Description of the 2007 Office hotfix package: February 26, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:944097Last Review:March 12, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the 2007 Microsoft Office system issue that is fixed in the hotfix package that is dated February 26, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:•The issues that the hotfix package fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.•Whether the hotfix package is replaced ... Read more..

INTRODUCTION loadTOCNode(1, \\\'summary\\\'); When you use Windows Explorer or the desktop to create a new 2007 Microsoft Office file, a new Office file is created in an XML file format (.dox or .xlsx). For example, this behavior occurs when you right-click the desktop, you point to New, and then you click Microsoft Office Word Document. By default, files that you create in the 2007 Office system are in XML file formats. This article is about how to create legacy Office files, ... Read more..