Microsoft has released Office 2004 for Mac 11.2.4 Update which, according to Microsoft’s “Mactopia” website, “fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2004 for Mac that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. This update also fixes issues in Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 and Entourage 2004, and it includes all of the improvements released in all previous Office 2004 updates.”
The 57.5 MB Update applies to: Microsoft Office 2004 Standard Edition, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition, Office 2004 Professional Edition, Word 2004, Excel 2004, PowerPoint 2004, Entourage 2004.
Minimum system requirements:
Processor: Mac OS X-compatible processor that is a model G3 or a later model
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Jaguar) or a later version of Mac OS; if you want to use Spotlight, Sync Services, or smart cards, you must be running Mac OS X 10.4.3 (Tiger) or a later version
Memory: 256 MB of RAM
More info and download link here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “MacDoc” for the heads up.]
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Fixing virus holes on the Mac. Well the Mac version of Office anyway.
Mac security, what will Microsoft think of next?
For whatever its worth, or not:
I absolutely do not advocate anything made by MS, having said that, my wife has been using Office X since it came out (got it from the MS commissary for real cheap), including Entourage, and it works pretty well. Its a memory hogging pig but it still works well on her strawberry iMac, and I’ve used Word X quite a bit on my Dual G5 without any problems, even though I don’t use Entourage on the G5 at all. On both computers all of the most recent updates are installed. Remember, I’m describing my experience with MS Office X. I think it was the first version for OS X.
Just so you know, I’m moving to Marine Writer when it arrives in the mail.
I’m not knocking iWork, but I think I need the fourth or fifth upgrade from now. I do need something more powerful than the present version, but I like it so far; it’s just not there yet for me.
i remember once
i drag and drop and document on Word, and was waiting and waiting for zillions of junk codeto load, then all the fonts etc..
i got tired of waiting.. so i draggeda and dropped the file on iPages, fixed the little error, saved and printed it before word finally opened.
who needs MS
I know its not allowed to give MS any quarter on MDN, but as someone who uses a Mac at work, Office is indispensible to me. Powerpoint works fine, Keynote may be better, but I need Office for Excel. Excel is a fantastic spreadsheet program and one I use every single day at work. There’s nothing that touches it on the Mac.
Word is a pile of shite, I’ll admit, but sadly in professional use its necessary and Pages simply doesn’t cut it. I tried using it for a publication I wrote a few months back but it wouldn’t correctly import the Word template necessary for the publication, and subsequently was useless. Word annoys me, but its a Word world. Whenever I can use latex I do, but for Word processing it has to be Word.
OpenOffice is great on Windows and Linux, but NeoOffice is unusable on Mac IMHO. I like my Mac applications to look and act like Mac applications.
Its a necessary evil, and I for one will be getting Office 2007/2008 whatever when it comes out.
>Use Appleworks.
>Use Neo Office.
>Use OpenOffice.
Nah.
Nah.
&
Nah.
As crappy as MS can be at times and with certain products, nothing comes close to replacing MS Office.
Unless Apple, Adobe, or the open-source apps come up with something new and better, then I’m sticking with Office.
That being said….
Can ANYONE confirm the updates have the spyware MS calls “Genuine Advantage”
Appleworks is not capable of running office files properly, I know, I tried it.
Unfortunately, I need Mac Office for work, but why is it that of all the updates I receive for the OS, applications etc, most I install right away (give or take a few days), but with anything from Microsoft I’m always suspicious.
Is anything lurking in there that will compromise security, or phone home, or do something that I’m not aware of? Who knows – I always check first, I just don’t trust them.