Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.0 update

[Josias]

It's here allright.

 

[mkrishnan]

Wow, anything interesting? They've really been updating Office constantly this year....

 

[Josias]

Well, I'm downloading it right now. 57.3 MB.

Doesn't say anything in the updater about specs.

 

[bousozoku]

Wow, anything interesting? They've really been updating Office constantly this year....

Maybe, it's a peace offering considering that they just announced that Office 2007 for Mac will lag about 6 months after the Windows version.

 

[mkrishnan]

Maybe, it's a peace offering considering that they just announced that Office 2007 for Mac will lag about 6 months after the Windows version.

Which still puts it about six months ahead of a version of MSN Messenger that does video conferencing?

 

[Josias]

Hmm, can't really feel a difference.

It said in the installer about some dictionary files for German, Swedish and English. I didn't manage to read more. It took like 14 seconds to install.

 

[mkrishnan]

I don't think it does anything much featurewise.

Blurb:

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.0 Update

This update contains several updates 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.

Applies to: Office 2004 Standard Edition, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition, Office 2004 Professional Edition, Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac, Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac

Released: October 10, 2006

And link.

 

[quigleybc]

My girlfriend has been saying how slow MS office runs on her intel iMac.

Think this update would speed anything up for her?

 

[Chundles]

My girlfriend has been saying how slow MS office runs on her intel iMac.

Think this update would speed anything up for her?

Doubt it, considering Office:mac isn't Universal yet.

 

[bousozoku]

Which still puts it about six months ahead of a version of MSN Messenger that does video conferencing?

Eternity is far away, not just six months.

 

[Josias]

It's not running faster at all. This was merely a security update.

 

[hodgjy]

Update

Safari seems snappier with the Office 11.3 update.

 

[Chundles]

Safari seems snappier with the Office 11.3 update.

And it turned my PowerBook into a G5.

 

[bousozoku]

It's not running faster at all. This was merely a security update.

The only thing that makes me feel secure about it is that I don't use it.

Messenger was also updated and seems about the same. Of course, I wasn't noticing any issue since I normally run Mercury messenger instead.