Microsoft has released Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.2 Update which, according to the company, “contains several improvements for PowerPoint and Entourage and applies to: Office 2004 Standard Edition, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition, Office 2004 Professional Edition, Word 2004, Excel 2004, PowerPoint 2004, Entourage 2004.”
In other words: still no Word security fix.
Microsoft notes, “This update does not include an uninstall feature. To restore your application to its original state, delete it from your hard disk, reinstall it from your original installation disk, and then install the updates you want.”
Gee, thanks, that’s convenient.
More info and download link (good luck!) here.
Related articles:
Microsoft pulls Mac security update; urges users to uninstall patch – December 13, 2006
Microsoft releases Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.1 Update – December 13, 2006
Unpatched Microsoft Word flaw affects Macs too – December 06, 2006
Mac users should not buy Microsoft software (or hardware) – May 16, 2003
Umm, how long should we wiat to install. LOL
I’d wait at least a week. If ever. Not sure if I trust Microsoft’s “improvements”.
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.
More addition to the bloatware
MDN word “Know” as in, you know office is the only a Mac virus.
In ancient Aramaic microsft is defined as “Something that is broken and must be fixed or your camels will suffer horrible deaths”.
No uninstall mean no Install either!
I did hit the ‘s’ key… I did, I did!
“This time fer shure!” — Bullwinkle
Microsoft notes, “This update does not include an uninstall feature. To restore your application to its original state, delete it from your hard disk, reinstall it from your original installation disk, and then install the updates you want.”
Gee, thanks, that’s convenient.
— I have not seen any uninstallable updates from Apple either for iLife or iWork suite thus far. Just to be fair.
I just removed that malignant piece of sh*t software last week and am not looking back. Businesses do not require Microsoft Office. They do require applications that can open those formats. And openOffice and NeoOffice both fit the bill.
NeoOffice.org
I’m jus’ sayin’…
Sure, I’ll install the update, once I have confirmation that installing the update is at least less harmful than the alternative. I’ll wait at least 4 months before I take the plunge.
Hmm… NO THANKS!
Yep, after the last fiasco, I’ll be waiting a good, long time before I try this “update”.
— I have not seen any uninstallable updates from Apple either for iLife or iWork suite thus far. Just to be fair.
True, although in my 20 years as a Mac user, I’ve never had to.
Well, there was that 10.4.8 update that kinda messed with my Airport Express, but that’s about it. That’s pretty damn good.
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“— I have not seen any uninstallable updates from Apple either for iLife or iWork suite thus far. Just to be fair.”
That’s true, but I’ve also never had to uninstall any update that I have recieved from Apple. I’ve never had to be afraid to install an Apple update.
I am however, afraid of what will happen if I install a Microsoft update. That’s how it was when I was using a Microsoft box and and that’s how it is when I have to update it’s software.
APPLE ROCKS!
OK, I like bashing Microsoft as much as the next Mac fan, but c’mon, how big a deal is it to reinstall Office? It’s a drag and drop install for crissake! Sure, it would be nice if you didn’t have to do it, but to reinstall and update will take about 30 minutes, of that maybe 5 is user supervised. I think some of you are making a far bigger deal of this than you should. You want something to bitch about, bitch about Microsoft dropping Visual Basic macro support from the next version of Office for Mac.
“OK, I like bashing Microsoft as much as the next Mac fan, but c’mon, how big a deal is it to reinstall Office? It’s a drag and drop install for crissake! Sure, it would be nice if you didn’t have to do it, but to reinstall and update will take about 30 minutes, of that maybe 5 is user supervised. I think some of you are making a far bigger deal of this than you should. You want something to bitch about, bitch about Microsoft dropping Visual Basic macro support from the next version of Office for Mac.”
The reason I moved to Apple from Microsoft is because I got tired of format and restore, delete and restore, uninstall and install. It was a joke, I spent more of my time correcting what Microsoft did by uninstalling and reinstalling than doing what I really wanted to do. My biggest bitch is having to uninstall this patch and reinstall it.
It may take only 30 minutes, but in my busy life, 30 minutes of time is time I don’t have to spend repairing something that should already work.
This fix isn’t going near my Mac, thanks.
Word? Why? After 15 years with Word, iWork Pages is just plain wonderful.
Ok people I took the plunge…installed it and at this point I do not see any smoke coming from my computer and Entourage and powerpoint open up,
Phew….I am such a rebel…..
No you are not!
Yes I am!
Just installed it on my MBP, and everything works fine. I have Entourage and Word open all day long and everything looks completely normal – except that Entourage actually works a bit faster now. Cool!
MDN Word: slowly as in “Slowly I turned…”
Are they serious…patches and fixes for 2004? How about treating Mac Users with a little bit of respect and at least package the crap in a box called office 2007. I have refused to use anything made by Microsoft ever again.
Andy C:
It may be a drag and drop install, but I must have installed 8 updates since then. That is a lot of work if you are managing multiple machines in an office environment. I don’t have a day to waste doing this, and it’s a good thing I did not install the last update on more than my own machine, or I’d be doing 10 unistalls right now. The last updater corrupted every font that Office had installed on my computer. Which is why I trashed it.
who needs that? NeoOffice? Anyone?
HansaWorld Rules!
http://www.hansaworld.com
MDN magic word: defense!
I tried installing the update. All I got was an error message. I think I’ll just uninstall Office completely and stick to Pages and OpenOffice.