Office Updates for Mac? There's Good News and Bad

From Silicon.com
Microsoft offered Mac fans both good news and bad news yesterday, and it all depends on which version of Office for Mac the user has.

The software maker said it plans to deliver the first update to Office 2008 for Mac on 11 March, delivering several key fixes. At the same time though, it has again pushed back the release of converters needed by users of Office 2004 to read documents saved in the new XML file formats used by Office 2007 for Windows.

Microsoft said in a blog posting: "The team is mobilised to get Office 2008 updates out as soon as possible. As a result we are pushing back the release of the final Open XML File Format Converter Update to Office 2004 for Mac."

Microsoft said it now expects to make the converter available by late June.

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