Microsoft has released Office 2007 SP1,
designed to enhance the stability, performance and security
ofMicrosoft office.
Microsoft Office product manager Reed Shaffner said, "Crashes
are one of the most frustrating experiences customers have, and the
team worked hard with SP1 to make our products more stable.
"We have also included most of the previously-released hotfixes
that also help reduce the incidence of crashes in Office
applications."
Shaffner said SP1 also provides key fixes and enhancements to
make the 2007 Office system more reliable and easier to use. For
example, SP1 addresses problems customers have experienced in
Outlook 2007 when opening large mail files.
It also delivers more accurate presence information in Microsoft
Office Communicator to help improve collaboration and communication
for customers, he said.
"We also did a lot of work to improve the reliability of the
2007 Office system's server components with SP1. We know that
search is really important to our enterprise customers using
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007, so we spent a lot of time
improving indexing to help make documents and information easier to
find," said Shaffner.
SP1 includes support for Ajax deployments, which should help
developers create custom web parts for their customers. SP1 also
incorporates bolstered security technology to deliver better
protection against malware, privacy intrusions and other threats,
Shaffner said.