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MS Office 2008 SP1 Improves Stability, Security, More

MS Office 2008 SP1 Improves Stability, Security, More

by , 3:10 AM EDT, May 13th, 2008

Microsoft introduced Service Pack 1 for Office 2008 for the Mac on Tuesday. The update addresses several user requests, improves overall application stability and security, and performance issues.

The service pack improves compatibility when exchanging files between Excel 2008 for the Mac and Excel 2007 for Windows, and improved printing reliability for elements in Excel 2008 workbooks. It also improved the Entourage calendar view and all-day reminders with reoccurrence, added the ability to send and view images in Entourage from third-party tools, and improved overall Exchange Server support.

Microsoft Word 2008 now sports updated formatting and recording status in Notebook layout, improved reliability and responsiveness in the Document map, and improved accuracy when orienting tables with cell shading. PowerPoint now supports viewing Mac-based .PPTX files on Windows Mobile phones, corrected crashing problems when printing to high resolution printers, improved printing speeds, and supports using AppleScript to implement custom scripts that operate on the current selection.

Microsoft Office 2008 SP1 is a free update for Office 2008 users and will be available by noon Pacific time at the Microsoft Web site.

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Close Name:acdc1174 Posts: 723 Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Tue May 13, 2008 6:53 am Subject: Huh?

Jeff, I am just not seeing it. The links you included in the article point to the 12.0.1 update for Office 2008 which was released 2 months ago. MS AutoUpdate also sees nothing new. Am I missing something? I'd love an update that makes this Intel native POS run as well ass 2004 under Rosetta.

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Close Name:UpQuark Posts: 92 Joined: 26 Aug 2001
Tue May 13, 2008 8:32 am Subject: I agree with ACDC..

Unless MS posted it, then pulled it after it found that it broke a lot of stuff after install. You know, testing and all is a high priority @ MS. I say this cynically and sarcastically.

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Close Name:Willmark Posts: 73 Joined: 17 Mar 2005
Tue May 13, 2008 8:35 am Subject: Agreed as well

Yeah, I'm not seeing it out there either through the auto-updater or as a download.

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Close Name:Guest
Tue May 13, 2008 9:29 am Subject: Learn to read!

It says right in the article that it will not be available until noon Pacific Time.

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Close Name:Guest
Tue May 13, 2008 10:00 am Subject: SP1

Service Pack 1 will be available May 13 at 12PM PT/3PM ET

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Close Name:Guest
Tue May 13, 2008 11:21 am Subject: Wrong

It says available "by" noon. This is different from not available until and available at.

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Close Name:Dave - TMO Staff Posts: 227 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
Tue May 13, 2008 1:55 pm Subject: Available before noon

Looks like the "by noon" report was correct. It's before noon Pacific, and I see the update on the site. If you click on Office 2008 at the bottom of the linked page, you'll see Service Pack 1 (12.1.0) listed there for download. Enjoy!

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Close Name:UpQuark Posts: 92 Joined: 26 Aug 2001
Wed May 14, 2008 1:41 am Subject: Anyone else having an issue..?

I installed SP1 and now word/excel/etc won't start. I get the set up assistant, and that is it. I click finish and the updater starts and that is it.

This sucks! Anyone else have the issue?

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Close Name:Willmark Posts: 73 Joined: 17 Mar 2005
Wed May 14, 2008 8:05 am Subject: Nice Truy Dude

Guest @ 9:29 AM -Actually if you weren't such a tool you wouldn't be making such statements. TMO updated it shortly after I posted. The last line wasn't there initially.

Come again when your meds are working.

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Close Name:Guest
Sun May 18, 2008 2:54 pm Subject: Same Here

Same here. Is anyone else experiencing this? More importantly, is there a workaround?

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Close Name:Guest
Mon May 19, 2008 6:55 pm Subject:

yeah i am having the same issues

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Close Name:Guest
Wed May 21, 2008 7:42 pm Subject: please don't install sp1

I just bought office 2008 and installed SP1 and when I tried to open any of the applications I got the set up assistant even after registering the product. I had to uninstall and install office all over again this time without the update.

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