The current Word Viewer found at
this link seems to be related to or derived from Office 2003 because Office 2003 updates are detected after installing the viewer. As we are well aware, support ends in April 2014 for Office 2003. But does that imply that support will end for this Word
Viewer in April 2014 as well?
The following information has been received from the Word Product Team:
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Although Word 2003 is technically out of support, given that there is no viable alternative to the Viewer right now and
that it is still offered via the Download Center, we made the decision to continue providing security updates for critical issues (should the need arise).
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Hopefully that will satisfy all of those concerned.
Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word) dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com It's time to replace ‘Diversity, Equity & Inclusion’ with ‘Excellence, Opportunity & Civility’ - V Ramaswamy
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