December 5, 2017, update for Office 2013 (KB4011279)

This article describes update 4011279 for Microsoft Office 2013 that was released on December 5, 2017. This update also applies to Office Home and Student 2013 RT. This update has a prerequisite.

Be aware that the update in the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2013. It doesn't apply to the Office 2013 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (How to determine?)

This update fixes the following issue:

• Word 2013 crashes when you compare historical versions for documents that are opened from the SharePoint Version History web UI to the current versions. This issue occurs when you select Compare with newest option from Previous Versions drop-down menu that's in the Backstage Info pane.

This update also contains the following improvements:

• Adds support for the in-client store if you have a Black Forest deployment. 
• Improves some translations for the following 2013 products:
  • Correct the translations of the following menus for the Danish and Swedish versions of Excel 2013：
    • End styles (No Cap and Cap) in the Format Error Bars pane of a chart
    • Clear Hyperlinks
    • Remove Hyperlinks
  • Correct the translations of the Ctrl+K key shortcut for the German version of OneNote 2013.
  • Correct the translations of alt text for the Dutch version of Word 2013.

Microsoft Update

Use Microsoft Update to automatically download and install the update.

Download Center

This update is also available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center. The updates in the Download Center can't be installed on Office Home and Student 2013 RT.

• Download update KB4011279 for 32-bit version of Office 2013
• Download update KB4011279 for 64-bit version of Office 2013

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

Prerequisites

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

Restart information

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

To determine whether your Office installation is Click-to-Run or MSI-based, follow these steps:

1. Start an Office 2013 application, such as Microsoft Word 2013.
2. On the File menu, select Account.
3. For Office 2013 Click-to-Run installations, an Update Options item is displayed. For MSI-based installations, the Update Options item isn't displayed.

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

How to uninstall this update

Windows 10

1. Go to Start, enter View Installed Updates in the Search Windows box, and then press Enter.
2. In the list of updates, locate and select update KB4011279, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then select Search.
2. Enter windows update, select Windows Update, and then select Installed Updates.
3. In the list of updates, locate and select update KB4011279, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 7

1. Go to Start, enter Run, and then select Run.
2. Enter Appwiz.cpl, and then select OK.
3. Select View installed updates.
4. In the list of updates, locate and select update KB4011279, and then select Uninstall.

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The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

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