Description of the January 2010 update for Office Word.

This is an update to Microsoft Office Word 2007 (including Office 2007 suites) and Microsoft Office Word 2003 (including the Office 2003 suites). This update was issued as a result of a United States court ruling on December 22, 2009. Generally, customers who purchase or license Word 2007 or Word 2003 from Microsoft after January 10, 2010 for use in the United States and its territories will need to use updated software that does not include a particular custom XML tagging implementation. The following section provides more information about the custom XML tagging capability that is removed by this update.

You must install this update if you are instructed by Microsoft in a separate communication.

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Description of the January 2010 update for Office Word

Hi there
does this only apply to the US (and it's territories) or is this dependent on where you sourced your copies of Office from.

My Office 2007 was a "Use at Home" version shipped from the USA - I've also got a technet copy of 2007 and 2010 -- I assume these are US editions as well.

Cheers
jimbo