November 11, 2009 10:07 AM PST
Microsoft updates Office:Mac 2008 to 12.2.3
More information regarding this update, including specific update information for each program in the Microsoft Office:Mac 2008 suite can be found in this knowledge base article from Microsoft. Users can download the update here. Highlights include:
- This update fixes an issue that causes Word to close unexpectedly in the following scenarios:
- You accept tracked changes in a document.
- You are working on documents that contain two separate language settings, and you run the Italian grammar check.
- You try to save a Newsletter template as a .doc document.
- Stability is improved with Document Connection. This update fixes an issue that causes Document Connection not to open some files or to display an error in the following scenarios:
- The files do not have an associated start application.
- The files have an equal sign (=) in the file name.
- Multiple files that have different file types are checked out.
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Also, does anyone know if MS fixed the problem of using the iPhone with Entourage. I talked with MS and they acknowledged a problem where when syncing Entourage with the iPhone (Entourage had to sync with iCal) that duplicate events and contacts will occur.
Thanks, Microsoft. Crappy job.
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by paulbel
November 14, 2009 7:11 PM PST
- Word is crashing for me regularly (opening documents created in 2004) since this update
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