Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Update 14.3.4
In case you haven’t launched Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 in the past few days, there’s an update for the office suite that became available on May 7.
The 14.3.4 update of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is considered to be a “critical” update, and includes a number of fixes. Most of the fixes appear to be for Outlook for Mac and PowerPoint for Mac, although there is one issue with saving files to SkyDrive and SharePoint in Microsoft Word for Mac that has been fixed as well.
Microsoft also took the opportunity to let those who read the knowledge base article about the update know that Office for Mac 2011 is now available as a subscription offering as part of Office 365.
Owners of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 can either wait for the update to show up and annoy them when they’re trying to get some work done, or can download the update package directly.
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Update 14.3.4 originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft brings Office 365 support to Office for Mac 2011 in software update
Microsoft on Tuesday updated Office for Mac 2011, the long-in-the-tooth productivity suite tailored to machines running Apple’s OS X, with bug fixes, features and compatibility with the Office 365 subscription service.
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Apple Stock Price Hits Lowest Levels Since 2011, Falls Below $400
Apple’s stock price hit new lows today, setting 52-week records and hitting the lowest points seen since late 2011. The price has traded beneath the $400 level several times this afternoon, with AAPL having not traded that low since December 23, 2011.
Today’s slide follows a lower-than-expected revenue forecast for Cirrus Logic, a major supplier for chips used in the iPhone and iPad. Traders believe the lower forecast indicates weak Apple sales over the next several quarters.
Apple’s stock price traded over the $400 mark for the first time in July 2011.
Apple will announce its second quarter earnings on April 23rd. The earnings release typically occurs just after 4:30 PM Eastern Time following the close of regular stock trading, and the conference call is scheduled to follow at 5:00 PM Eastern / 2:00 PM Pacific.
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Lodsys Publishes May 2011 Legal Response to Apple’s Challenge
Over the past two years, a number of app developers have been contacted by patent holding firm Lodsys, demanding licenses for and in some cases filing suit over patents related to in-app purchasing and other functionalities. Earlier this month, Lodsys gained renewed attention when it began a new round of lawsuits targeting a number of developers large and small, including Disney and Gameloft.
At the time of Lodsys’ initial effort to extract licenses from App Store developers, Apple’s General Counsel Bruce Sewell sent a letter to Lodsys backing App Store developers and claiming that Apple was “undisputedly licensed” to Lodsys’ patents through an arrangement that also protected app developers. Apple later requested and was given limited permission to intervene in at least some legal proceedings on behalf of targeted developers.
Lodsys had responded to Apple’s claims of protection for developers with both public blog posts and a private legal response to Apple in May 2011, and Lodsys had encouraged Apple to publish that legal response, but Apple apparently declined to do so.
In response to requests from developers seeking more information from Lodsys on the basis for its claims, Lodsys today released a redacted version of its initial legal response to Apple, dated May 31, 2011. Redactions include the removal of specific discussion of Apple’s license terms with Lodsys.
The letter outlines a number of arguments as to why developers are not covered by Apple’s license with Lodsys, pointing to Apple’s own developer program agreements that strictly limit its relationships with developers to agency appointments rather than any broader business agreements.
First, you assert that, “[u]nder its license, Apple is entitled to offer these licensed products and services to its customers and business partners, who, in turn, have the right to use them.” May 23 Letter at 1 (emphasis added). But, based on our review of [sic] publically available information, we understand that Apple expressly disclaims that App Makers are “business partners.”
The response from Lodsys then proceeds to walk through six other arguments against Apple’s claim that app developers are protected through Apple’s license, including discussions of sublicensing, Apple’s express disclaimer of any ownership interest in third-party apps, Apple’s insistence that developers are solely responsible for liabilities related to their apps, and pass-through licensing issues.
Nearly two years later, the initial dispute remains unresolved, and Lodsys continues to contact developers in order to obtain licenses to its technologies with over 200 entities large and small now licensed for Lodsys’ patents. Many smaller developers have found it simpler to agree to licenses representing small percentages of their revenue rather than face the prospect of lawsuits from Lodsys, but others remain in the crosshairs as Lodsys continues to stake its claims.
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Office 2011 update fixes PowerPoint, Outlook issues on Mac
A new update to Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac has rolled live, and it fixes several issues for PowerPoint users, as well as a calendar bug for Outlook. The full change log reads as follows:- Meeting invitation times are displayed inaccurately in Outlook for Mac: Fixes an issue that causes meeting invitation times from non-Exchange calendar servers to be off by one hour during certain times of the year.
- Slides in collapsed sections cover other slides in Slide Sorter view in PowerPoint for Mac: Fixes a display issue that involves collapsed sections in Slide Sorter view.
- Hashtags (#) in hyperlinks aren’t saved correctly in PowerPoint for Mac: Fixes an issue in which hyperlinks that contain hashtags (#) aren’t saved correctly.
- Crash occurs when you use Paste Special with a partial table in PowerPoint for Mac: Fixes an issue that causes PowerPoint to crash when you use the Paste Special option to copy and paste part of a table.
- RTF text that’s saved in PowerPoint for Windows can’t be pasted into PowerPoint for Mac: Fixes an issue in which RTF text that’s saved in PowerPoint for Windows can’t be copied and pasted into PowerPoint for Mac.
Office 2011 update fixes PowerPoint, Outlook issues on Mac originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft Launches Office 365 Subscriptions Alongside Office 2013, But Macs Still Stuck on Office 2011
Microsoft today announced the launch of its latest Office software suite, updating its applications for Windows machines to new 2013 versions and launching a new Office 365 subscription option.
While the $99-per-year Office 365 option allows for installation on up to five computers, Mac users will continue to receive Office 2011 applications until an updated version of Office for Mac becomes available. Office for Mac versions typically follow about 12-18 months behind their Windows counterparts.
Office 365 Home Premium is available in 162 markets in 21 languages and includes the following:
– The latest and most complete set of Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access
– One license for the entire household to use Office on up to five devices, including Windows tablets, PCs or Macs, and Office on Demand available from any Internet-connected PC
– An additional 20 GB of SkyDrive cloud storage, nearly three times the amount available with a free SkyDrive account
– 60 free Skype world calling minutes per month to call mobile phones, landlines or PCs around the world
– Future upgrades, so you always use the latest time-saving technology
Office 365 Home Premium is priced at $9.99 per month or $99 per year, while college and university students, faculty, and staff are eligible for Office 365 University priced at $79.99 for a four-year subscription.
Aside from the Office 365 subscription plans, Windows users are also offered the option of standalone Office 2013 packages including Office Home & Student ($139.99), Office Home & Business ($219.99), and Office Professional ($399.99). There are no ongoing costs with the standalone installations, and a version of Office typically remains current for three years.
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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Updated for MacBook Pro Retina Display
Microsoft today announced the release of Office for Mac 2011 version 14.2.4, which brings support for the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro released in June.
We’re happy to announce that Office for Mac 2011 (version 14.2.4) now supports Retina display for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Text everywhere is incredibly crisp and all key areas of the interface are now sharper than ever. We hope you enjoy this fantastic software experience!
Beyond Retina display support, the update also brings a number of other enhancements for Outlook, including calendar event reminders, Mountain Lion compatibility for signatures, and fixes for several other issues.
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Eddy Cue Worked to Convince Steve Jobs of Need for 7-Inch iPad in Early 2011
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With rumors of an “iPad mini” having circulated since that time and now appearing to gain traction with more prominent sources beginning to point to a launch later this year, interest in the potential device has continued to build. Supporting the idea of a 7-inch tablet, Wired‘s Christina Bonnington notes that part of iOS software chief Scott Forstall’s testimony in the Apple-Samsung patent trial has revealed that content chief Eddy Cue was pushing for a 7-inch iPad by January 2011.
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Office 2011: Mountain Lion-ready, says Microsoft
Nothing but love for the lightly-updated iWork, but millions of Macs in SOHO, business and enterprise settings depend on Microsoft’s Office 2011 suite for productivity mojo every day. The Office for Mac team noted on its official blog that Office 2011 is Mountain Lion-ready and fully supported, as is (somewhat surprisingly) Office 2008.
The O4M team offers up two quick tips for making sure Office 2011 is current. First, check that the AutoUpdate feature is enabled & run any available updates; you can find AutoUpdate by going to the Help menu in any Office app and choosing Check for Updates.
Second, it looks like the standalone Office updater packages you can download from the O4M site will not play nicely with Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper binary signing, at least not with the default security settings in place. The recommendation is to use AutoUpdate (which is signed) to run any necessary Office patches.
Regarding Gatekeeper (which we’ll talk about more later today), two quick reminders: Any application that is on your Mac at upgrade time is automatically marked as OK to run under Gatekeeper and does not need to be a signed binary. Also, you can bypass the Gatekeeper settings on an app by app basis — without switching your whole system to the less-secure mode — if you right-click/control-click an application icon and choose Open, that opens a dialog for “whitelisting” that particular app. Once you launch it once, it will be OK in perpetuity.
Office 2011: Mountain Lion-ready, says Microsoft originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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