Microsoft Releases Office 2011 14.0.1 Update

With a company like Microsoft, I am glad they do bug fixes :D

I'm really hoping this solves a whole plethora of issues I'm having with Outlook marking emails as read. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it works, but the dock icon doesn't update, sometimes the dock icon updates but the window won't until it's restarted etc. Other than that, I've had zero issues with the rest of the suite.

If any MacBU employees are reading this, I've got a couple of requests; if possible at the bottom right where a sync takes place in Outlook, would it be possible to get a 'Last updated: xx:xx' there when an update is not taking place. This is particularly useful for times when I am using a 3G connection which I may lose etc. Also, I've asked before, but if possible can Junk Email functionality be disabled entirely, including hiding it from the navigation pain.

Thanks!

And now I've found a bug in the auto updater. Check for updates, wait until it offers 14.0.1, then press Cancel. On my machine, Cancel doesn't work.

Really Microsoft? I have to quit Safari to complete an Office update? Really?

Really Microsoft? I have to quit Safari to complete an Office update? Really?

I particularly enjoyed also having to manually close AutoUpdate. Did the "please close these apps" window flash for you?

I particularly enjoyed also having to manually close AutoUpdate. Did the "please close these apps" window flash for you?

I knew to close that myself. Window didn't flash.

I particularly enjoyed also having to manually close AutoUpdate. Did the "please close these apps" window flash for you?

That gets me every time - I understand that Word and Excel need to be closed to update, but Safari/Firefox/Chrome and the Microsoft AutoUpdater itself? At least make the AutoUpdater self-closing with the install process.

Ah well - the fact that no updates have emerged for Office 2004 and 2008 also pretty much tell you that M$ has taken these two products to be shot out back behind the chemical shed. Not that Office 2008 doesn't deserve this treatment, but for PPC users we're at the end of the line.

Ah well - the fact that no updates have emerged for Office 2004 and 2008 also pretty much tell you that M$ has taken these two products to be shot out back behind the chemical shed. Not that Office 2008 doesn't deserve this treatment, but for PPC users we're at the end of the line.

I've got a couple points to make in regards to this. First, this Office version has been floating about in a finished version for at least a couple of weeks, as the new MBAs in Apple Stores were running 14.0.1 from the day they were released. Second, as far as I'm aware, Office 2004 reached it's EOL last year, but Microsoft have continued to support it with software updates. Third, the article says that updates for both 2004 and 2008 will come, but they are being tested.

Seems fair enough to me.

I've got a couple points to make in regards to this. First, this Office version has been floating about in a finished version for at least a couple of weeks, as the new MBAs in Apple Stores were running 14.0.1 from the day they were released. Second, as far as I'm aware, Office 2004 reached it's EOL last year, but Microsoft have continued to support it with software updates. Third, the article says that updates for both 2004 and 2008 will come, but they are being tested.

Seems fair enough to me.

Microsoft had to keep Office 2004 in the mix because it was the only contemporary version that ran Macros, which were foolishly omitted from Office 2008 (because the MacBU "didn't have the resources").

While I can't attest to what the installed versions are running in the stores, I can say that the MacBU, from my impression, operates both on an absolute shoestring compared to the rest of Microsoft, and doesn't have enough organizational clout to stand up to whatever edict gets handed down from above or even the Windows Office development team.

I'm just saying this is an early indicator that we're going to likely be seeing Microsoft drop any official support for Office 2004 and 2008 relatively quickly. Given how botched the release of Office 2008 was (M$ was shipping Office 2007 with the new document types before a proper or even functional document converter was released for Office 2004 users on Mac - essentially forcing everyone to buy Office 2008 that could open the new document types that were starting to show up via email), a quick trip to an early grave for Office 2004 and 2008 would be right in line with my expectations, observations of how the MacBU operates (or doesn't) and Microsoft's general attitude towards Mac users.

Typical Microsoft crap. Not out more than a few weeks and already a critical issue to fix