Microsoft also appears to be pushing forward with a task pane, or sidebar, that by default adorns about a ruler's width of the right-hand side of the display. Similar task panes, but with different options, are available in Office XP, Office 2003...
If Microsoft's Outlook email client is set up to use Word as the default program for editing HTML web code, however, the vulnerability could be exploited by responding to or forwarding a message with a malicious attachment.
The suit, which asks for damages of up to $425m, is one of a handful of class actions Microsoft has not been able to settle. The court expects the first documents to be released today. One such document could be a 1997 email note from Jeff Raikes...
It said the flaw could be exploited through a specially crafted document and recommends that, until a fix is found, users only open trusted Word documents. Microsoft said it was investigating the issue, but also took to task the bug's discoverer...
Upon completion of this investigation, Microsoft will take the appropriate actions to protect customers, which may include providing a security update through our monthly release process," the company said.
That can be slow and expensive to manage, and some companies have outsourced the whole task. Despite the growth of electronic documents, email, PDAs, PDFs and the rest, our appetite for paper just continues to grow.