Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2011 14.1.4 Update

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.1.4 Update. (113 MB) This one update includes the three prior updates 14.1.1 through 14.1.3.

According to the update’s description this update fixes “extremely important issues” and addresses security issues.

The security issue addressed (MS11-089) corrects a remote code execution vulnerability across both Windows and Mac versions of Office. It does not state, however, whether Macs are indeed vulnerable to these attacks.

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Updates available for Office 2004, Office 2008, Office 2011 and Open XML

It’s update Tuesday. Microsoft released the following updaters today. Download directly from the links provided or use Auto Update to download. There is no uninstaller so I suggest that you have a backup of the Microsoft Office for Mac folder in Applications or zip the folder in case you want to revert.

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.1.3 Update Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.3.1 Update Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.6.5 Update Microsoft Entourage 2008 for . . .

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Microsoft releases Office 2011 for Mac 14.1.2 Update

Microsoft has released the 14.1.2 Update for Office 2011 (108.9MB). Updaters do not include an uninstaller. Make sure you have a backup and/or zip the Microsoft Office folder in Applications first in case you need to revert. Be sure to read the update FAQs before updating.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X v10.5.8 or a later version of the Mac OS X operating system. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0)

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Microsoft releases Office 2011 for Mac SP1 (14.1.0) Update

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac SP1 (14.1.0) Update. (246 MB)

According to the update’s description this update adds functionality and improves security, stability, reliability and performance.

The first security issue addressed (MS11-021) corrects nine reported remote code execution vulnerabilities. The second security issue addressed (MS11-022) corrects remote code execution vulnerabilities specific to PowerPoint. Neither bulletin states whether or not Macs are vulnerable to these attacks.

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“Remove Office” is missing in Outlook 2011

“Remove Office” is an Office application used to remove Office for Mac installed files. Microsoft Office 2011 doesn’t ship with a Remove Office application as did earlier versions. Users may, however, have a need to remove Microsoft Office for troubleshooting purposes, to transfer to another computer or simply because they are moving to a different product and no longer want the product.

For help removing Office 2011

Our Remove Office article describes four options for removing . . .

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Trial for Office 2011 now available

Microsoft announced  a full trial is now available at www.microsoft.com/mac/trial for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 (in multiple languages). Free to use for 30-days after download. The trial version is 14.0.1. You’ll need to update to 14.0.2 after installing,

The 2011 trial is live in North America and Europe, except for Germany. Trial will be available in Germany and Asia later today.

If you have purchased a non-English version but need the English version you can download and . . .

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Convert old Excel (.xls) files to standard (.xlsx) files

Mac MVP James Gordon has posted directions on how to convert old Excel (.xls) files to standard (.xlsx) files using Automator.

What does this converter do? You choose one (.xls) file, several (.xls) files, or an entire folder filled with (.xls) files and the converter will save a copy of each Excel file in standard open XML file format, better known as the “new” (actually more than 5 years old now) Excel (.xlsx) format. This . . .

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Convert old PowerPoint (.ppt) files to standard (.pptx) files

Mac MVP James Gordon has posted directions on how to convert old (.ppt) files to standard (.pptx) files using an Automator workflow.

What does this converter do?

You choose one (.ppt) file, several (.ppt) files, or an entire folder filled with (.ppt) files and the converter will save a copy of each PowerPoint file in standard open XML file format, better known as the “new” (actually more than 5 years old now) PowerPoint (.pptx) format. . . .

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Convert old Word (.doc) files to standard (.docx) files

Mac MVP James Gordon has posted directions on how to convert old Word (.doc) files to (.docx) files using an Automator workflow.

What does this converter do?

You choose one (.doc) file, several (.doc) files, or an entire folder filled with (.doc) files and the converter will save a copy of each Word file in standard open XML file format, better known as the “new” (actually more than 5 years old now) Word (.docx) format. . . .

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.0.2 Update available

Microsoft released the second updater for Office 2011 today. The updater is available for direct download or via Microsoft AutoUpdate. The updater installs on 14.0 and 14.0.1. There have been no reports of issues installing, but it’s still early. Add your comments below to report your experiences installing and if you also see any improvements.

Stability is improved.

This update fixes an issue that causes Outlook to crash or close unexpectedly sometimes when . . .

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