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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Update-new release

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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Update
The Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Update includes the following improvements.

Security is improved.

This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2008 that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code. For more information, see the security bulletin that is listed earlier in this document.

AppleScript reliability is improved.

This update fixes an issue that prevents Office 2008 applications from running AppleScript scripts from the Script menu until after you restart the Office 2008 application.

Improvements for Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac

Word opens more quickly.

This update fixes an issue that causes Word to open slowly. Display of text in tables is improved.

This update fixes an issue that causes some text in tables to appear bold, even when a bold style is not applied to the text. Reliability is improved when you use headers and footers.

This update fixes the following issues:

Typed text does not appear in the footers. This issue occurs when you insert a section break in the document.

The Close button does not appear in Header and Footer view. Display of form fields is improved.

This update fixes an issue that causes Word to draw a border around form fields.

Info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956344/