Issues that are fixed in Excel 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office Excel 2003. Office 2003 SP3 contains security improvements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some fixes that are included in Office 2003 SP3 were previously released in Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or as separate updates. Office 2003 SP3 combines previously released fixes into one update. For more information about Office 2003 SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Downloadable list of issues that the service pack fixes

A Microsoft Office Excel workbook is available that contains a list of the Excel 2003 issues that are fixed by Office 2003 SP3.

Note The workbook is in English. The workbook will not be translated into any other languages.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the Office2003System_SP3Changes.exe package now. Release Date: September 18, 2007

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List of issues that the service pack fixes

Issues that were previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

Office 2003 SP2 fixes the Excel 2003 issues that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

Office 2003 SP3 also fixes the following Excel 2003 issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

In the Spanish version of Excel 2003, Excel 2003 changes the L1C1 reference style to the F1C1 reference style

In the Spanish version of Excel 2003, you use the L1C1 reference style. However, when you select an area in a worksheet, Excel 2003 displays the area in the F1C1 reference style instead of in the L1C1 reference style.


When you open a large workbook from a slow network share, Excel 2003 may open the workbook without displaying the "Security Warning" dialog box

In Excel 2003, you open a large workbook from a slow network share. In this case, Excel 2003 opens this workbook without displaying the "Security Warning" dialog box. Additionally, Excel 2003 disables the macros in the workbook.

Error signature details

When you use Excel 2003, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that resembles one of the following error signatures.Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.