July 8, 2014 update for Office Excel 2003 (KB2883042)

This article describes update 2883042 for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 that was released on July 8, 2014.

This update provides the latest fixes for Office Excel 2003. This update improves the round-trip behaviors of modern shapes into legacy shapes and back again between file formats of the 2007 Office system and Office 2003. It also includes stability and performance improvements.

Windows Update

Use Windows Update to automatically download and install the update.

Download Center

This update is also available for manual download and install from the Microsoft Download Center.

• Download update KB2883042 for 32-bit version of Office Excel 2003

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Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you install this update.

File Information

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

32-bit

EXCEL.msp file information

How to uninstall this update

Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type Appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
3. Use one of the following procedures, depending on the operating system that you are running.
   • Windows 7 and Windows Vista
     1. Click View installed updates.
     2. In the list of updates, locate and click update KB2883042, and then click Uninstall.
   • Windows XP
     1. Click to select the Show updates check box.
     2. In the list of updates, locate and click update KB2883042, and then click Remove.

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