[MacTUG] FYI: Microsoft Office 2008 - 12.0.1
Glenn Anderson
anderson at uwaterloo.ca
Tue Mar 11 13:51:43 EDT 2008
Microsoft has release an update to Office 2008, that resolves a
number of the outstanding issues with Office 2008, including the
granting of restricted users access to files.
From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948057
Improvements that are included in the update
The Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1 Update includes the following
improvements.
Improvements for all Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications
•
Security is improved.
This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2008 that an attacker can
use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with
malicious code.
•
Office Installer no longer grants restricted users unauthorized
access to Office 2008 for Mac program files.
This update fixes an issue that could give a local user who does not
have administrator permissions access Office 2008 program files. This
issue occurs when the non-administrative user account was assigned
User ID (uid) 502. This issue affects only computers that have more
than one local user account, and primarily affects environments, such
as public computer labs and workplace networks, where access to
program files is restricted.
For more information, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
948488 Restricted users may have unauthorized access to Office 2008
for Mac program files
Improvements for Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac
•
Stability is improved when you start Word 2008.
This update fixes an issue that causes Word 2008 to quit unexpectedly
when you try to start it. The issue occurs when Word 2008 tries to
import settings from earlier versions of Word that might have been
installed on your computer.
For more information, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
948489 Word 2008 for Mac crashes when you try to start the program
•
Stability is improved when you check spelling and grammar or you use
an Italian keyboard.
This update fixes issues that cause Word 2008 to quit unexpectedly
when you check spelling and grammar. This includes an issue that
occurs when a user who does not have administrator permissions tries
to check grammar in Italian or tries to use an Italian keyboard.
•
Blank pages are no longer printed when you print to a high resolution
printer.
This update fixes an issue in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that causes blank
pages to print when you print to a high resolution printer.
•
Documents that contain Word 2007 for Windows equations open correctly.
This update fixes an issue that prevents Word 2008 from opening some
documents. The issue affects only documents that contain equations
that were created in Word 2007 for Windows.
•
Citation deletion is improved.
This update fixes an issue that prevents users from deleting
citations by pressing the DELETE key.
•
Font substitution is improved.
This update fixes an issue for users of PowerPC-based Macintosh
computers that causes fonts in documents that were created in Word
for Windows to display incorrectly when the document is opened in
Word 2008.
Improvements for Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac
•
Stability is improved.
This update fixes several issues that cause Excel 2008 to quit
unexpectedly. Additionally, this update improves overall stability
during regular use such as copying and pasting data.
•
WORKDAY function calculates correctly.
This update fixes an issue that causes the WORKDAY function to return
incorrect results when calculated on a sheet that uses the 1904 date
system. The 1904 date system is the default date system for new
sheets in Excel for Mac.
•
Support for secondary displays is improved.
This update fixes an issue for users of computers that have more than
one display. This issue prevents users from moving workbook windows
to a position greater than the maximum height of the primary display
on the secondary screen. This issue affects users who position a
secondary display above the primary display.
•
Reliability is improved for ledger sheets.
This update fixes an issue that causes the width settings for columns
in a ledger sheet to be lost when the workbook is saved in the
following file formats: .xlsx, .xlsb, .xltx, or .xltm. This update
also fixes an issue that causes calculated columns such as the
Balance column to incorrectly display a sheet error when the column
is inserted.
•
Rotated text no longer appears to rotate horizontally when you delete
a column.
This update fixes a display issue that causes rotated text to appear
to rotate horizontally. The issue appears when you delete a column on
a sheet that contains rotated text.
•
Cell formatting in Excel 97-2004 Workbooks no longer changes
unexpectedly.
This update fixes an issue that sometimes causes the formatting of
empty cells to change unexpectedly. The issue occurs when you save
and then open a file that uses the Excel 97-2004 Workbook (.xls) file
format.
•
Reliability is improved when you copy and paste linked data and charts.
This update fixes an issue that causes a copied range of data in
Excel 2008 to paste incorrectly into a Word 2008 document when you
link the pasted data to the source data. This update also fixes an
issue that occurs when a chart is copied from Excel into a Word
document or into a PowerPoint presentation. The issue prevents the
chart from updating when its source data changes.
•
Stability is improved when you use the Ergosoft egbridge IME to enter
data.
This update fixes an issue for users of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that
causes Excel 2008 to stop responding when you use the Ergosoft
egbridge Universal 2 v17.0.2 input method editor (IME) to enter data
in a sheet.
For more information about egbridge Universal 2, visit the following
Web site:
http://www.ergo.co.jp/products/egb17/index.html
Improvements for Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 for Mac
•
Performance is improved when you open PowerPoint 2008.
This update fixes an issue for users of Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard that
causes PowerPoint 2008 to open slowly.
•
Character spacing and layout is improved.
This update fixes an issue that causes some characters to appear too
close to one another.
•
Reliability is improved when you save to an SMB network volume.
This update fixes an issue for users of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that
causes problems and potential data loss when you save a PowerPoint
Presentation to a network volume that uses the SMB protocol. The
following is an example of the protocol:
smb://computer-name/volume-name
•
Reliability is improved when you save PowerPoint 97-2004 Presentation
files.
This update fixes an issue for users of PowerPC-based Macintosh
computers that affects presentations that contain a link to a sound
file such as an MP3 file. When a PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx) file
that contains a link to a sound file is saved in the PowerPoint
97-2004 Presentation (.ppt) file format, this issue may cause the
file to become corrupted and unreadable. When you try to open a file
that is affected by this issue, you receive the following error message:
There was an error accessing path_to_file. File cannot be opened.
Improvements for Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac
•
Notification sounds now play when you use Entourage in Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard.
This update fixes an issue for users of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that
prevents notification sounds such as New mail sound and Send mail
sound from playing when you use Entourage 2008.
•
Reliability is improved when you connect to a server that is running
IBM Lotus Domino by using IMAP.
This update fixes an issue that prevents Entourage 2008 from
connecting to servers that are running IBM Lotus Domino 7.0.3 and IBM
Lotus Domino 8 by using IMAP.
•
Reliability is improved when synchronizing with a server that is
running Microsoft Exchange Server.
This update improves synchronization support for users of Exchange
accounts by reducing instances of duplicate or missing calendar
events and by providing more consistency with changes to the calendar
on the Exchange server. Additionally, this update fixes an issue that
prevents some Entourage 2008 users from synchronizing their contact
list together with the Exchange server.
•
Stability is improved when synchronizing data with devices and other
applications.
This update fixes an issue that causes the Sync Services component to
quit unexpectedly while synchronizing calendar and contact
information to iCal, to Address Book and to mobile devices that are
connected through iSync or iTunes.
•
Import of rules and identities is improved.
This update fixes an issue that prevents Entourage 2008 from
importing identities that were created in the Swedish version of
Entourage 2004. This update also fixes an issue that prevents some
imported Entourage 2004 rules such as POP rules and Priority-based
rules from running.
•
Stability is improved when you use Database Utility to rebuild a
large identity database.
This update fixes an issue that causes Database Utility to stop
responding or use an unnecessary amount of memory resources when you
use it to rebuild a large identity database.
Glenn Anderson
Client Services, IST
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, On
519-888-4567 x33327
anderson at uwaterloo.ca
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