MS15-081: Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2013: August 11, 2015

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-081.

Note To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Service Pack 1 for Office 2013 installed on the computer.

For a complete list of affected versions of Microsoft Office software, see KB3080790 .

Improvements and fixes

• Increases default settings for video exporting.
• Users no longer see unnecessary edits pending after they make text changes during coauthoring.
• The smart guides feature now works for other presentation content, such as charts and tables.
  
• This update also contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues:
  • Buttons such as the Mark Areas to Keep, Mark Areas to Remove, and Delete Mark are not displayed on the BACKGROUND REMOVAL ribbon in Touch mode in PowerPoint 2013.
    
  • After you record a presentation as a video file in PowerPoint 2013 on either a computer in which the screen resolution exceeds 1920 horizontally or 1080 vertically, you cannot play back the recorded videos.
    
  • When you record a slide show for a presentation in PowerPoint 2013, record settings do not persist for the next screen recording in the same session.