Hands-On Report--Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (v12.1.0) and Office 2004 11.4.2

Service Pack 1 (v12.1.0) for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is available for download within the application via Check for Updates under the Help menu, via MacUpdate or from this Microsoft Web page. There are many improvements (performance, security, stability and outright fixes) for Office 2008 for Mac and they are listed on this Microsoft Web page.

I downloaded the updater and applied it to my copies of Office 2008 on my MacBook Air and Mac Pro. All went well during installation on both Macs and no problems were encountered during brief use thereafter.

In addition, Microsoft released Office 2004 11.4.2 update that is available for download within the application via Check for Updates under the Help menu, via MacUpdate or from this Microsoft Web page.

According to Microsoft,

The Office 2004 for Mac 11.4.2 Update contains several changes that improve security and stability. These changes include fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of a computer's memory by using malicious code.

I downloaded and installed the update on my PowerBook G4. No problems were encountered. [Bill Fox]