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May 2007 security patches for Office - reference list

An easy reference list of May 2007 security patches

To help our readers we’ve grouped the May 2007 security patches according to the software to be patched instead of the problem to be fixed. All you need to do is look up your version of Office or other product from the list below to see what needs to be updated.


Office 2000

Office 2000 needs to have Service Pack 3 installed before you can apply the latest security patches.


Don’t forget the patch for the Office 2007 compatibility pack as well.


Office XP

Office XP needs to have Service Pack 3 installed before you can apply the latest security patches.


Don’t forget the patch for the Office 2007 compatibility pack as well.


Office 2003

Office 2003 needs to have Service Pack 2 installed before you can apply the latest security patches.


Don’t forget the patch for the Office 2007 compatibility pack as well.


Office 2007



Expression Web

Buried among the Office 2007 patches is a reference to an update for the replacement for Frontpage.



Office 2004 for Mac



Microsoft Works Suite

The ‘Works Suite’ products (not just plain ‘Works’) includes Microsoft Word and need the same security patches.



Word Viewer 2003



Excel Viewer 2003



Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

This is the free add-on for earlier versions of Office to let you read and save to the new Office 2007 document formats.


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