Brief Hands-On Report--Microsoft released Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.3 Update
This update contains several improvements to enhance security and stability, including fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code. In addition, this update includes all of the improvements released in all previous Office 2004 updates.
The details are:
3.1 Improvements for all Office 2004 applications
3.1.1 Security is improved
This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2004 that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.3.2 Improvements for Word 2004
3.2.1 Compatibility with RTF documents is improved
This update improves compatibility with recent changes to the way Rich Text Format (RTF) documents are created by Microsoft Office Word 2003 for Windows.3.3 Improvements for Excel 2004
3.3.1 Standard deviation is calculated correctly in PivotTable reports
This update fixes an issue that causes standard deviation calculations to produce inaccurate results when the calculations are used in PivotTable reports.
3.4 Improvements for Entourage 2004
3.4.1 Calendar events scheduled on or after March 11, 2007 display correctly in all calendar views
This update fixes an issue for users of Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later that causes any calendar event scheduled on or after March 11, 2007 to display on a time slot that is one hour ahead of its original start time. This issue affects all meetings that occur on or after March 11, 2007, including recurring meetings.3.4.2 Japanese postal code dictionary is updated
The Japanese postal code dictionary is updated with the latest information as of June 2006.
We downloaded the 11.3.3 Update as a stand-alone file and updated our copy of Office 2004. In brief use, we found no problems with each application in Office 2004. [Bill Fox]
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