May 12, 2015, update for Office 2013 (KB2881017)

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This article describes update KB2881017 for Microsoft Office 2013 that was released on May 12, 2015. This update also applies to Office Home and Student 2013 RT. This update has a prerequisite.

Please be aware that the update in Download Center applies to Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2013. It does not apply to the Office 2013 Click-to-Run editions such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (How to determine?).

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Improvements and Fixes

Fixes the following issue:

When you format text direction to right-to-left in a document in Word 2013, garbled text is displayed in table cells that contain hidden paragraph marks.

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How to download and install the update

Microsoft Update

Use Microsoft Update to automatically download and install the update.

Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

If you are not sure what platform (32-bit or 64-bit) you are running, see Am I running 32-bit or 64-bit Office? Additionally, see more information about how to download Microsoft support files .

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Update information

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you install this update.

Prerequisite

To apply this update, you must have Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 installed.

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More Information

How to determine whether my Office installation is Click-to-Run or MSI-based:

Start an Office 2013 application, such as Microsoft Word 2013.
On the File menu, click Account.
For Office 2013 Click-to-Run installations, an Update Options item is displayed. For MSI-based installations, the Update Options item is not displayed.

Office 2013 Click-to-Run installation	MSI-based Office 2013

File Information

This update contains the files that are listed in the following tables.

32-bit

Msptls-x-none.msp file information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Msptls.dll	15.0.4719.1000	1,135,808	14-Apr-2015	09:11

64-bit

Msptls-x-none.msp file information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Msptls.dll	15.0.4719.1000	1,522,880	14-Apr-2015	09:13

How to uninstall this update

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.
Type windows update, tap or click Settings, and then tap or click View installed updates in the search results.
In the list of updates, locate and then tap or click update KB2881017, and then tap or click Uninstall.

Windows 7

Click Start, and then click Run.
Type Appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
Click View installed updates.
In the list of updates, locate and then click update KB2881017, and then click Uninstall.

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