[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS.  Size indeed matters not.] So if you are holding back on the PowerPoint 2003 patch - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Sat, Apr 23 2011 22:54 bradley

So if you are holding back on the PowerPoint 2003 patch

2464588 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2464588/ ) MS11-022: Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2003: April 12, 2011

Known issues in security update 2464588:

  • Presentations that contain layouts with a background images may cause an error when they are opened in PowerPoint 2003. When the error occurs, you receive a message that states that some contents (text, images, or objects) have corrupted. The specific content lost will be what is specified in the layout, not the actual slide content itself. Items that were removed will display a blank box or a box that contains "cleansed."

    To resolve this issue, install hotfix 2543241. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    2543241 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2543241/  ) Description of the Office PowerPoint 2003 hotfix package

It now has a hotfix.

,,,why it couldn't have been in the original patch from the get go is beyond me.

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