What is the Microsoft Office Word Viewer?
The Microsoft Office Word Viewer is a replacement for Word Viewer 2003 and all previous Word Viewer versions. With Word Viewer, you can view, print, and copy Word documents, even if you do not have Word installed. For more details about currently supported Office viewers, see Supported versions of the Office viewers. How are Office standalone programs affected by the vulnerability? An Office standalone program is affected with the same severity rating as the corresponding component in an Office Suite. For example, a standalone installation of Microsoft Office Word is affected with the same severity rating as an installation of Microsoft Office Word that was delivered with an Office Suite. The Office component discussed in this article is part of the Office Suite that I have installed on my system; however, I did not choose to install this specific component. Will I be offered this update? Yes, if the component discussed in this bulletin was delivered with the version of the Office Suit
