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Microsoft Releases Software Updates for Office 2008 and 2004

Microsoft today issued a handful of updates for users of the company's Office productivity suite, primarily addressing security issues.

- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.4 Update (221 MB): The update offers several fixes related to stability and performance, as well as patches for security vulnerabilities.

- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.8 Update (9.7 MB): The update addresses security issues that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into a system's memory.

- Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.1.4 (45.0 MB): An update to Microsoft's tool that allows documents saved in the new Office 2007/2008 formats to be opened on earlier versions of Office, the documentation does not appear to specify the exact changes included in this new version of the converter software.

- Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition (64.3 MB): The update to Microsoft's tools allowing users to communicate with Exchange Server brings several new features including calendaring improvements, diagnostic logging, and syncing of notes, tasks, and categories with Exchange Server.

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25 months ago
Hmm i'm always wary of these updates. Has anyone done it and come out unscathed?
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25 months ago

Hmm i'm always wary of these updates. Has anyone done it and come out unscathed?

Word and Excel work fine after the update: I don't use the other programs.
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25 months ago
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint seem much faster to launch now.
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25 months ago
Good to know. I'm going in...
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25 months ago
I did a Auto update and it said there is currently no update? WTF?:confused:


Could someone explain to me what is going on?
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25 months ago

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint seem much faster to launch now.


I'm surprised how much faster Word launches. It's noticeable.

I did a Auto update and it said there is currently no update? WTF?:confused:


Could someone explain to me what is going on?


I tried the AutoUpdate as well but as usual, these updates take a while to show up through that program. You need to go Microsoft's site to download this update if you want it now.
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25 months ago

I did a Auto update and it said there is currently no update? WTF?:confused:


Could someone explain to me what is going on?


I had this problem too. I just downloaded it manually and it worked (Office for Mac 2004). I also +1 to the booting up faster... at least they're still working on '04. I'm surprised it got updated at all :D
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25 months ago

I did a Auto update and it said there is currently no update? WTF?:confused:


Could someone explain to me what is going on?


Click the links above at the beginning of this thread. The updates are available directly from MS Downloads site right now.
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25 months ago
Thank you so much for everyone answering my question. I thought it had to do with their server end and nothing new from Microsoft at being slow. Have the same issue with Vista on my Dell notebook when new updates are out I sometimes don't get them for like a month or so.
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25 months ago
Man, launch is downright snappy. Hope all the dumb hangs, crashes, etc. are fixed, not sure yet.

And if anyone is curious, this update does not seem to update anything having to do with licences and/or serials. If you know what I mean :D
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