Description of the 2007 Office suite SP3 and of Office Language Pack 2007 SP3

Description of the 2007 Office suite SP3 and of Office Language Pack 2007 SP3

The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP3 provide the latest updates to the 2007 Office suite and to Office Language Pack 2007. These updates include two main categories of fixes:

Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack. In addition to general product fixes, this includes improvements in stability, in performance, and in security.
All the public updates, security updates, cumulative updates, and hotfixes that were released through September 2011.

Because Office service packs are cumulative, you do not have to install Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 before you install Service Pack 3. Service Pack 3 includes all fixes which were included in Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2.

How to obtain and install the service packs

Method 1: Microsoft Update (recommended)

To download the service pack from Microsoft Update, visit the following Microsoft website:

Microsoft Update

Enrolling in Microsoft Update is the recommended way to update products to SP3. Microsoft Update will detect which products that you have installed, and then apply all updates to the products.

Method 2: Download the SP3 package from Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

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Download the 2007 Office Suite SP3 package now.
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Download the Office Language Pack 2007 SP3 package now.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526086