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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 released

Microsoft offers second service pack update to Office 2008 for Mac

Nick Spence

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Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit has released Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 on Monday, billed as a midcycle free update designed to improve the user experience with speed, stability and compatibility enhancements.

The update should be available on the Mactopia Web site later today.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 provides several updates across the Microsoft Office 2008 suite for an improved experience.

The Microsoft team incorporated customer feedback received through a variety of channels to prioritise updates and maximize the potential of the suite with increased compatibility and speed the company says.

New and improved features include:

Custom Path Animation adds the ability to author motion-path animations in Microsoft PowerPoint 2008. Users previously could only play back motion paths.

Default Theme lets users define their default theme in Microsoft PowerPoint 2008, including fonts, colour scheme and slide layouts.

Increased speed in Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac - launch and scroll times - as well as Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac with features such as calculation performance.

SP2 also improves the SharePoint experience, while Mac Office users will be able to save documents to Office Live Workspace. The Web site expands its Mac browser support to include Safari 4, in addition to Firefox.

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lee said on Mon, 20 Jul 2009

I receive the following error message when trying to install service pack 2 my copy is legal any help to reslove this error please

You cannot install Office 2008 12.2.0 Update on this volume. A version of the software required to install this update was not found on this volume.

To learn how to fix this issue, see "I can't install Office 2008 for Mac updates"

Stan said on Tue, 21 Jul 2009

Sorry to hear that Lee, everything went as smooth as lightly oiled clockwork for me.
Best regards, Stan
Mac Pro early 2008 with up to date Leopard.

Al said on Wed, 22 Jul 2009

I installed office 2008 12.2.0 and now find that for several xlsx files when I try to open them I get a message telling me that Excel cannot open the file and I need to download the latest update or visit the Microsoft web site for more help. When I check for updates I find that I already have the latest. All the website offers is that I should open the file (which I can't) and save it in another format.

Another Microsoft triumph. Rubbish.

David said on Thu, 23 Jul 2009

I am also experiencing the same issue with the xlsx files not opening after installing the critical 12.2.0 update. It's frustrating to see that the KB entry talks about the fact that 2008 does not support the OOXML format, which involves xlsx files. That's news to me. I was opening these XML-based files just fine until the update.

Platypus said on Wed, 19 Aug 2009

Doesn't anyone have a solution to the "I can't install Office 2008 for Mac updates" error message? It seems to be affecting a lot of people but there are no workarounds that I have found...

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