March 10, 2015 update for Office 2013 (KB2956148)

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This update is no longer available. To fix the issues that are described in this article, install the latest Microsoft Office update from the following Microsoft Docs article:

Latest updates for versions of Office that use Windows Installer (MSI)

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This article describes update KB2956148 for Microsoft Office 2013 that was released on March 10, 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 performance issues that might occur when you open a PowerPoint presentation that contains many large CMYK JPEG images in PowerPoint 2013:

It takes longer than expected to open the presentation.
It takes longer than expected to switch between the slides in Normal or Slide Show view.
The thumbnails on the navigation pane may display a red X.

Note After you install this update, you can improve the performance by compressing the CMYK JPEG images by using the Compress Pictures feature on the Picture Tools Format contextual tab.

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Update information

Restart information

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

Prerequisites

To install this hotfix package, you must have Microsoft Office 2013 or 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

Oart-x-none.msp file information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Igx.dll	15.0.4699.1000	8,981,664	10-Feb-2015	06:13
Oart.dll	15.0.4701.1000	14,428,832	10-Feb-2015	06:13
Oartodf.dll	15.0.4699.1000	2,130,600	10-Feb-2015	06:13

64-bit

Oart-x-none.msp file information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Igx.dll	15.0.4699.1000	10,367,128	10-Feb-2015	06:12
Oart.dll	15.0.4701.1000	21,210,792	10-Feb-2015	06:12
Oartodf.dll	15.0.4699.1000	3,774,640	10-Feb-2015	06:12

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 KB2956148, 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 KB2956148, and then click Uninstall.

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