If you are a user of the office suite of Microsoft for Mac, Office 2011, it is convenient that you know that the version 14.2.3 It is highly recommended that you install as soon as possible.
This version tries to correct an important vulnerability that allowed elevation of privilege on certain folders. Another major security flaw where an attacker could overwrite the contents of the computer's memory with malicious code has also been fixed.
In addition to this, a long list of bugs have been fixed that you have detailed below:
Improvements included in the update
The Office for Mac 14.2.3 2011 update also includes the following enhancements:
- This update addresses an issue where SkyDrive folders in Microsoft Document Connection appear as zero-byte files instead of folders.
- This update provides critical updates for the reliability of your connection to SkyDrive.
Excel for Mac 2011 enhancements
- This update improves stability in Excel when you drag a row or column in a pivot table to move it.
- This update addresses an issue in Excel where #REF is returned even if links are ignored.
Outlook for Mac 2011 enhancements
- This update addresses an issue where some IMAP users may receive an "Unknown namespace" error when they try to create special folders (such as Drafts and Sent Items) on the server.
- This update addresses an issue with some IMAP settings where Outlook repeatedly displays "Cannot create mailbox" errors.
- This update addresses an issue that causes Outlook to not display details for some contacts when Lync or Communicator is running.
- This update addresses an issue that occurs when users reply to or forward Exchange e-mail messages that were downloaded from Exchange 2007 servers. When this issue occurs, the field Date is missing from the message body.To fix email messages that have already been cached, right-click the folder containing the email messages, select Folder properties and then select Empty en Clear cache. Or, you can delete the Exchange account and then add it again to resynchronize.
- This update addresses an issue where users may have duplicate mail if they use Gmail and connect to Outlook using IMAP.
- This update addresses an issue where users with IMAP accounts intermittently receive the error "Too many simultaneous connections." An option is now available to control the polling interval that Outlook uses with IMAP servers. To adjust this option, select Tools, select Accounts and then select Advanced for the IMAP account. The default setting syncs all lMAP folders every two minutes.
- This update addresses a connectivity issue that occurs when Outlook connects through a proxy server that uses NTLM-based authentication.
Word for Mac 2011 enhancements
- This update improves the integration of Full Screen view with Word.
The DMG file that contains the update occupies 112 MB and it affects all editions of the Microsoft office suite as well as all the programs that comprise it.
Link - Download Office 2011 14.2.3