Support for Office 2003 has ended. All of your Office 2003 apps will continue to function. However, you could expose yourself to serious and potentially harmful security risks. Upgrade to a newer version of Office so you can stay up to date with all the latest features, patches, and security updates.
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Support and updates for Office 2003 is no longer available. Office 2003 products no longer receive the following:
- Assisted support
- Online content updates
- Software updates from Microsoft Update
- Security updates to help protect your PC from harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software, which can steal your personal information.
Although you will still be able to start and run Office 2003, you may want to upgrade to a newer version of Office to get continuing support and updates.
How do I check my version of Office?
To determine which version of Office you’re using, follow the steps in this article: “What version of Office am I using?”
More support lifecycle information
For more information about the Support Lifecycle for these Office versions, visit the Microsoft Support lifecycle web page.
To learn more about the support policy, read the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ.
Note: Support for Windows XP SP3 has ended on April 8, 2014. For more information, go to Windows XP support has ended page.
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