Description of the security update for Word 2016: April 10, 2018

This security update contains improvements and fixes for the following nonsecurity issues:

• When you view text in a reply or forward email that uses an automatic signature on an iOS device, the font color of the reply text is incorrect.
• The end position of a bookmark is synced incorrectly during a co-authoring operation in Word 2016.
• When you set the numeral shapes for Arabic text to Hindi numbers and then save a Word document that has Arabic text as a PDF file, the numbers in the Word document are incorrectly displayed as Arabic in the PDF file.
• When you edit documents that are stored in an attachment field in a Microsoft Access database and then save the documents, you are unexpectedly prompted to "Save as."
• If a Word document that contains OLE or OCX controls is embedded as an OLE object in another application, the controls appear in the wrong place when you scroll the document.
• Improves performance for bookmark deletion by using programmatic method, such as deleting bookmarks through macros, VBA, and C#.
• If the Windows system language is set to a complex script language, such as Thai, when you print a Word document that contains bullets, the bullets are printed incorrectly.
• When you save a document in Word 2016 after you install KB 4011730, Word crashes.

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

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

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the stand-alone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

• Download the security update KB4018339 for the 32-bit version of Word 2016
• Download the security update KB4018339 for the 64-bit version of Word 2016

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see security update deployment information: April 10, 2018.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update KB 4011730.

File hash information

File information

The English version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.

For all supported x86-based versions of Word 2016

For all supported x64-based versions of Word 2016

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