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Microsoft Office v.X - 10.1.0

Service Release for the popular office suite

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Selected Version:	10.1.0
Release Date:	2002-06-03
License:	Update
Downloads (version 10.1.0):	39,088
Downloads (all versions):	41,785

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Microsoft� Office v. X for Mac, Service Release 1, is a collection of product updates for all Office v. X programs. It provides Office v. X customers with the latest fixes as well as several new features. Service Release 1 is not a required upgrade, but Microsoft recommends it for Office v. X users.

What's new in this version:

Quartz text smoothing: Users of Mac OS X version 10.1.5 (which Apple hasn't released as of this story) or higher can take advantage of the Quartz drawing engine to smooth text edges. Quartz text smoothing makes on-screen text easier to read, particularly in Word and Entourage. Quartz text smoothing is also available in Excel and PowerPoint.
FileMaker Server integration: In Excel X, external data can be imported from FileMaker Pro databases hosted on a FileMaker Server. Data can also be imported from a local FileMaker Pro database.
ODBC integration: Excel X reintroduces support for Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), enabling users to refresh existing queries that were created in Excel 98, Excel 2001 and Excel for Windows.
Button face customization: Button face customization in Word X, Excel X and PowerPoint X allows users to easily change the image that appears on a toolbar button. Users can either choose from supplied images or create and paste button images with the graphics editor.

Office wide improvements provided in Service Release 1 include:

Performance of the Genie-effect in features such as the Formatting Palette in Word X, Excel X and PowerPoint X has been improved significantly.
PowerPoint X, Excel X and Word X no longer quit on waking.
The overall stability and security of Word X, Excel X and PowerPoint X have been improved.
The Office Assistant no longer displays as a blank or white box in any Office v. X program.
There is greater stability for users working with Visual Basic for applications in Office v. X programs.
Font improvements in Office v. X programs enable the former WYSIWYG font menu to behave as a Mac OS X font menu should.
Highly encrypted documents are easier to open.
Printing has been redesigned to work natively and seamlessly under Mac OS X.

Improvements in Word X:

Stability enhancements: To enable Word X to run more smoothly, stability enhancements have been made throughout the program, including for tasks such as creating large tables and using the rulers.
Performance improvements: Users will notice increased speed when printing documents with certain complex border art applied, and better performance when manipulating on-screen objects and scrolling vertically through long documents.
Toolbar customization: Toolbar customization and behavior work correctly.
Windows: Document windows work seamlessly with one another.
Custom dictionary: When adding words to the dictionary, users will no longer get an alert stating that the custom dictionary is full.
Accented characters: Users can enter accented characters in all fonts. Improvements in Excel X
Saving and opening: Users can save a file in Excel X and then open it in Excel 98 without getting an Out of Memory message.
Freezing panes and AutoComplete: AutoComplete works correctly when used with freezing panes.
Improved chart performance: Performance has been improved by as much as four times when charts are used in Excel.

Improvements in PowerPoint X:

Performance and appearance improvements:
- Users will notice a better response time when caching two large or complex pictures during screen updates.
- When the Free Rotate tool is used to rotate text on a slide, PowerPoint X will smooth the edges of characters on the screen, making the text more readable and as attractive as text running horizontally. The rotated text smoothing improvement is not related to Quartz text smoothing and cannot be turned off.
- With Quartz, transparency effects are much faster in PowerPoint slide shows. The time required to prepare the next slide in a slide show is shortened. Transparent objects also animate correctly during a slide show.
Stability improvements: Improved stability means that users will have a smoother, and more reliable experience with PowerPoint X.
Accented characters: Users can now enter accented characters in all fonts while the Formatting Palette is displayed.
Faxing: Faxing from PowerPoint X print options now works as it should.

Improvements in Entourage X:

Database improvements: The size limit for Entourage X databases has been increased from 2GB to 4GB. Entourage X also can rebuild some damaged databases that could not be rebuilt before.
Performance improvements: Entourage X requires less use of a computer's hard drive and access to the user's identity on the network, which improves performance and reduces laptop computers' reliance on the battery.
IMAP mail improvements: Users with an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) mail account can synchronize folders as they switch between working offline and online. They will receive a more accurate display of information about what's on the IMAP server, such as the number of unread messages in a folder.
Improved overall stability: Stability has been improved overall, and particularly when the Entourage Database Daemon is running in the background. Working offline in Entourage X also is more stable, as is the case when running IMAP.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

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Excel Deleted By Update - Version: 11.5.6, 11/24/2009 08:04PM PST

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dinyes_dotmac

For some strange reason, the update deleted Excel. I only had Word and Excel installed. Had to reinstall from CD and do a couple updates to get back to 11.5.6 (first to 11.5.5, then to 11.5.6), but it worked the second time. Not sure what happened.

Why bother with Microsoft? - Version: 11.5.6, 11/11/2009 05:48AM PST

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rskinner

I don't use anything Microsoft now that the iWork software will do everything I need. But on a whim, I decided to upgrade Office, which is still on the computer. Well,the update crashes every time. Now that I think about it, this kind of reliability is why I left the Windows platform to begin with.

Quits Responding - Version: 11.5.6, 11/10/2009 04:06PM PST

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bigbird--2008

Tried with safe boot and normal boot both ways it just quits responding.