[MacTUG] Microsoft Office 2008 update 12.1.3

[Glenn Anderson]

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958267 for full details and  
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Below is what has been updated...

Improvements that are included in the update
The Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 Update includes the following  
improvements.
Improvements for all Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications
•	Security is improved. This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office  
2008 for Mac applications that an attacker can use to overwrite the  
contents of your computer's memory by using malicious code. For more  
information, see the security bulletin that is listed earlier in this  
document.
•	Stability is improved. This update fixes an issue that causes Office  
2008 for Mac applications to close unexpectedly when you open or use  
Office 2008 for Mac applications.
•	Chart performance is improved. This update improves the following  
performance issues in charts:
•	Improves the performance of charts that have multiple data points.
•	Improves performance when line and scatter charts are generated. By  
default, new line and scatter charts will use simpler formatting.
•	Reliability is improved in the display and layout of Charts and  
Pictures. This update fixes the following issues in Charts and Pictures:
•	Lines print with 1point thickness, even when the line is narrower  
than 1point.
•	It is difficult to resize a line and keep it perfectly straight.
•	Line breaks and hyphens move in Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 for Mac  
after you install Office 2008 for Mac updates.
•	PowerPoint 2008 for Mac closes unexpectedly when you try to apply  
colors to a picture that is embedded in a shape multiple times.
•	The Order pane in the Format Data Series dialog box displays an  
empty string for an untitled series in a chart. In this update, the  
untitled series in a chart is replaced with the title "<series x>." In  
this title, x is a placeholder for the series number.
•	The data trends include cells that contain the value "#N/A" during  
the calculation.
•	The axis labels on some charts are truncated.
•	Reliability is improved when you open a document that contains a PDF  
image. This update fixes an issue in Office documents that contain PDF  
images. This issue occurs when images are lost or moved when the  
document is opened in a Windows-based version of Office.
•	Stability is improved for documents that contain PDF images. This  
update fixes an issue that causes an Office 2008 for Mac application  
to close unexpectedly when you save a document that contains a PDF  
image.
Improvements for Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac
•	Compatibility with EndNote is improved. This update fixes an issue  
that occurs when you start Word with EndNote X1 installed, and the  
tool buttons on the Standard toolbar are unavailable.
•	Reliability is improved with AutoCorrect. This update fixes an issue  
that occurs when you change the language to German, and then type  
inside Word, and you receive the following error message:
This command is not available in this version of Microsoft Word.
•	Reliability is improved in the display of SmartArt, charts, and  
pictures. This update fixes an issue that causes SmartArt, charts, and  
pictures to be obscured when you make the right side margin wider.
•	Reliability is improved for Table drawing. This update fixes an  
issue that causes regular text in tables to appear bold after you add  
or delete some lines.
•	Reliability is improved for documents that have inline graphics.  
This update fixes an issue that causes inline graphics to be saved  
with incorrect alignment in HTML format.
Improvements for Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 for Mac
•	PowerPoint no longer changes the date time stamp of a saved file.  
This update fixes an issue that occurs when PowerPoint changes the  
date time stamp of a saved file to the time that the file is opened.  
This change applies to .ppt binary files, not to .pptx metro files.
•	Stability is improved when you open PowerPoint presentations in Mac  
OS X 10.5 (Leopard). This update fixes an issue for Mac OS X v10.5  
users that causes PowerPoint 2008 to close unexpectedly when users  
open a presentation.
•	Images that are inserted into PowerPoint from other applications now  
display correctly. This update fixes an issue that occurs when an  
image that is copied or dragged from a Web browser or another non- 
Microsoft application into PowerPoint, and a URL is displayed instead  
of the actual image.
Improvements for Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac
•	Reliability is improved in calculations. This update fixes the  
following calculation issues:
•	This update fixes an issue that occurs when the SUMIFS formula  
returns a z #VALUE error when it refers to large ranges of cells.
•	This update fixes an issue that occurs when the XIRR formula  
calculation does not match the calculation results of Excel for  
Windows. The results also vary between .xslx files and .xls files.
•	Stability is improved with Pivot Tables. This update fixes the  
following issues:
•	This update fixes an issue that occurs when Excel workbooks  
automatically sort a pivot table, and then Excel closes unexpectedly.
•	This update fixes an issue that occurs when you select a cell  
outside a pivot table range from the Sort dialog box, and then Excel  
closes unexpectedly.
•	Stability is improved when you save documents. This update fixes the  
following issues when you save documents:
•	This update fixes an issue that prevents Excel from opening a saved  
file. The file may be corrupted if a row that contains an array  
formula is deleted. You receive the following error message when you  
open the corrupted file:
Excel cannot open this file. The file might have been damaged or  
modified from its original format.
•	This update fixes an issue that causes the following warning to be  
displayed when you save an Excel workbook:
Not enough memory.
•	This update fixes an issue that prevents an .xslx file that is saved  
from another .xslx file to open.
•	Performance is improved when you create charts. This update helps  
improve performance when you create charts from a large dataset.
Improvements for Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac
•	Calendar events are not duplicated in Outlook Web Access or in  
Outlook 2007. This update fixes an issue that causes Calendar events  
to duplicate in Outlook Web Access or in Microsoft Office Outlook  
2007. This issue occurs when an attendee accepts a changed and updated  
meeting request in Entourage 2008 for Mac. This fix resolves the issue  
only for newly created or received meetings. You should empty your  
cache to force re-syncing the cache to resolve the issue for older  
events.
•	Timezone information is updated. This update provides updated  
timezone information.
•	Reliability is improved when you try to securely connect to your  
mailbox on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007. This  
update fixes an issue that occurs when you try to securely connect to  
your mailbox on a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server  
2007 after you upgrade to the Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 update. You  
receive the following warning message:
Unable to establish a secure connection to mailbox_servername because  
the server name or IP address does not match the name or IP address on  
the server’s certificate. If you continue, the information you view  
and send will be encrypted, but will not be secure.
•	Text in the message header is displayed correctly. This update fixes  
an issue that occurs when you receive messages in Japanese in  
Entourage 2008 for Mac, and the text in the message header displays  
invalid characters in Apple Mail.
•	The Entourage Account Setup Assistant is improved to handle SSL and  
Autodiscover of Public Folders. This update fixes the following  
Entourage Account Setup Assistant issues:
•	This update fixes an issue that occurs when the Account Setup  
Assistant populates the Public Server field by using the internal FQDN  
of the Public Folder Server instead of the public URL for Outlook Web  
Access. You can use the URL for Outlook Web Access for the Public  
Server name to help publish the Public Folders for access through the  
Internet.
•	This update fixes an issue that occurs when the Account Setup  
Assistant disables Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for the LDAP Server  
during the automatic account configuration. The SSL option is enabled  
only for the Exchange and Public Folder server and not for the LDAP  
server. This requires you to manually edit the account settings and  
select this option for the LDAP server.
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