Just Updated to 11.3.3

[Phillip Jones]

Thought everyone might be interested.

Noticed in running the installer that it wrote new versions of Office,
Word, PowerPoint, Entourage and a bunch of supporting files then the
little components that run by so fast you can't read the names.

Anybody know what the updates are about?
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[Michel Bintener]

Thought everyone might be interested.

Well, "everyone" might be overstating it a little... ;-)

Noticed in running the installer that it wrote new versions of Office,
Word, PowerPoint, Entourage and a bunch of supporting files then the
little components that run by so fast you can't read the names.

Anybody know what the updates are about?

If you download the update manually instead of using Microsoft AutoUpdate,
you will discover a Read Me file on the disk image. Strangely enough,
Microsoft do not mention the improvements on their website, so here's what
the Read Me file says:

3 Improvements

3.1 Improvements for all Office 2004 applications

3.1.1 Security is improved
This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2004 that an attacker can use to
overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.

3.2 Improvements for Word 2004

3.2.1 Compatibility with RTF documents is improved
This update improves compatibility with recent changes to the way Rich Text
Format (RTF) documents are created by Microsoft Office Word 2003 for Windows.

3.3 Improvements for Excel 2004

3.3.1 Standard deviation is calculated correctly in PivotTable reports
This update fixes an issue that causes standard deviation calculations to
produce inaccurate results when the calculations are used in PivotTable
reports.
3.4 Improvements for Entourage 2004

3.4.1 Calendar events scheduled on or after March 11, 2007 display correctly
in all calendar views
This update fixes an issue for users of Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later that causes
any calendar event scheduled on or after March 11, 2007 to display on a time
slot that is one hour ahead of its original start time. This issue affects all
meetings that occur on or after March 11, 2007, including recurring meetings.

3.4.2 Japanese postal code dictionary is updated
The Japanese postal code dictionary is updated with the latest information as
of June 2006.

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[Michel Bintener]

Trying to update, but the updater dies everytimes it has downloaded the
file...

Very annoying.

Kaj.

Are you downloading the installer from Mactopia, or are you using Microsoft
AutoUpdate? Whatever you do, try the other solution and see if that one
works.

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Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Phillip Jones]

I prefer using the auto update I've found less problems with the updates
that way. manually updating from downloaded files don't go over well for
me sometimes. (And yes I use a DSL Connection).

Thanks for the info.

Well, "everyone" might be overstating it a little... ;-)


If you download the update manually instead of using Microsoft AutoUpdate,
you will discover a Read Me file on the disk image. Strangely enough,
Microsoft do not mention the improvements on their website, so here's what
the Read Me file says:

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Phillip M. Jones, CET |LIFE MEMBER: VPEA ETA-I, NESDA, ISCET, Sterling
616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868
Martinsville Va 24112 |[email protected], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet
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