2 important updates by their sizes and number of bug fixes improving stability, performances and general compatibility for the Microsoft Office suite.

Office 2004 goes 11.5.0 (45 Mb), Office 2008 updated to version 12.1.1 (153 Mb) and the new Open XML documents converter 1.0 (45 Mb).

  1. Office 2004 11.5.0:
    Adds read/write compatibility for Open XML Format (.docx, .xlsx, etc.) files if installed with the Open XML Format Converter
    Better stability and printing/page setup fixes for Word
    Better paste compatibility with Office 2008 for all apps
    Powerpoint fixes for stability with large documents
    Download here.
  2. Office 2008 12.1.1:
    Several issues are fixed with the updates, including charting problems, Entourage crashing when the computer wakes from sleep, and issues regarding converting documents to and from the Open XML Format.
    Download here.

 NB: before installing the Office 2008 update, you gotta make sure you have version 12.1.0 installed. Yes… No combos for Microsoft Updates.

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