Office Sustained Engineering

May 2013 Office Update Release

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:01:00 GMT

The May 2013 Public Update release for Office is now live.
There are 8 security updates (3 Bulletins), and 8 non-security updates
available for download.

MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN MS13-042

Security Update for Microsoft Publisher 2010 (KB2553147)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB2597971)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB2597971)

MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN MS13-043

Security Update for Word 2003 (KB2810046)
Security Update for Word Viewer (KB2817361)

MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN MS13-044

Security Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB2810068)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (KB2596595)
Security Update for Visio 2003 (KB2810062)

NON-SECURITY UPDATES

To improve image handling, stability, and performance:

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2013 (KB2760334)

To improve server interactions, and calendaring:

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB2810015)

To improve image handling, menus, messages, icons, stability and performance:

Update for Microsoft SkyDrive Pro (KB2810019)

To improve general stability and performance

Update for Microsoft Lync 2013 (KB2768004)

…and the Junk E-mail Filter updates

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760587)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 Junk E-mail Filter (KB982726)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2817359)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2817360)

Please note that these updates are all found in their corresponding versions of Office Click-to-Run:

Office 2013: 15.0.4505.1006

Office 2010: 14.0.6137.5006

April 2013 Office Update Release

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:13:00 GMT

The April 2013 Public Update release for Office is now live and the updates are available from downloads. This month release contains 19 non-security updates and 8 security updates.

The breakdown of non-security updates are as follows:

16 updates for 2013
1 update for 2010
1 update for 2007
1 update for 2003

Security Updates

7 updates for 2010
1 update for 2013

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-030

Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2737969) 64-Bit Edition

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-035

Security Update for 2010 Microsoft Business Productivity Servers (KB2760408)
Security Update for Microsoft Groove Server 2010 (KB2687424)
Security Update for Microsoft InfoPath 2010 (KB2687422)
Security Update for Microsoft InfoPath 2010 (KB2760406)
Security Update for Microsoft Web Applications (KB2760777)
Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2687421)
Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 (KB2810059)

Non-Security Updates

Updates to improve internationalization, stability and performance for Microsoft Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760343)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2767860)

Updates to improve the proofing tools for Microsoft Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2810010)

Updates to improve logos, stability and performance for Microsoft Visio 2013

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB2810008)
Update for Microsoft Visio Viewer 2013 (KB2768338)

Updates to improve the stability and performance for Microsoft Word 2013

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB2768337)

Updates to improve the encoding for Microsoft Outlook 2013. Please note that both patches need to be applied to get the full fix

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB2768007)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB2738013)

Updates to improve the webpart functionality for WAC 2013

Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB2810007)

Updates to improve stability and performance for SharePoint 2013

Note that that the pre-requisite for these updates is to have already installed the Description of the Project Server 2013 update: March 12, 2013. When you install from the Microsoft Download Center, the following smaller packages are also available: Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2013 update: March 12, 2013 and Description of the SharePoint Server 2013 update: March 12, 2013

Improvements to the time zone functionality for Access 2013: Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2760623)
Improvements to the stability and performance: Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2767862)
Improvements to the linguistic components: Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2726959)
Improvements to the internationalization, stability and performance: Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2760626)
Improvements to the telemetry, stability and performance: Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2737975)
Improvement to the connection between SharePoint and Excel WAC: Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2738048)
Improvement to Office applications functionality, stability and performance in SharePoint 2013: Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2760360)

And the Junk E-mail filter updates

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2810049)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2768021)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 Junk E-mail Filter (KB982726)

The Click-to-Run update are documented here.

Office 2010 SP2 Beta Now Available for Download

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:40:00 GMT

As of today, customers can download the beta for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 SP2. In addition to updates for the desktop and server apps, this beta also includes full-product SKUs of SharePoint and related server products, updated to install on Windows Server 2012.

These server products will be available for download:

SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Foundation 2010
Search Server 2010
Search Server 2010 Express
Office Web Apps
Project Server 2010

Visit the download link above and log in with a Microsoft account to access the program.

Thanks,

Office Sustained Engineering

March 2013 Office Update Release

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:59:00 GMT

The March 2013 Public Update release for Office is now live and the updates are available for download. This release contains 21 non-security updates and 6 security updates for Office this month.

The breakdown of non-security updates are as follows:

12 updates for 2013
5 updates for 2010
2 updates for 2007
1 update for 2003

Security Updates

6 updates for 2010

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-023

Security update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB2760762)
Security update for Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 (KB2687505)
Security update for Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack (KB2553501)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-024

Security update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2553407)
Security update for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 (KB2687418)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-025

Security update for Microsoft OneNote 2010 (KB2760600)

Non-Security Updates

Updates to improve stability and performance for Microsoft Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2768349)

Updates to improve internationalization, stability and performance for Microsoft Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2752094)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2768333)

Updates to improve internationalization (Romanian), stability and performance for Microsoft Visio 2013

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB2752090)

Updates to improve the VDI experience for Microsoft Lync 2013

Update for Microsoft Lync 2013 (KB2760556)

Update to improve Microsoft Outlook 2013 proofing tools, visual rendering and compatibility with Outlook.com

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB2727079)

Updates to improve the proofing tools for Microsoft Office 2013 (Danish and Russian Grammar Checkers, French and Spanish lexicons)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2752094)

Updates to improve stability and performance for Microsoft SkyDrive Pro

Update for Microsoft SkyDrive Pro (KB2768016)
Update for Microsoft SkyDrive Pro (KB2768356)

Updates to improve the presentation experience when changing slides, and when saving a presentation of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013

Update for Microsoft SkyDrive Pro (KB2727013)

Updates to improve the proofing tools, internationalization, stability and performance for Microsoft OneNote 2013

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2013 (KB2768011)

Update to improve font management in Word 2010

Update for Word 2010 (KB2767886)

Update to improve workflow creation in SharePoint Designer 2010

Update for SharePoint Designer 2010 (KB2553459)
Update for SharePoint Designer 2010 (KB2553382)

Update to fix a registry issue for Mscomctl.ocx

Update for Office 2010 (KB2687503)
Update for Office 2007 (KB2687493)

And the Junk E-mail filter updates

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2768025)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2768024)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 Junk E-mail Filter (KB982726)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760587)

February 2013 Office Update Release

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:03:00 GMT

The February 2013 Public Update release for Office is now live and the updates are available for download. This release contains 31 non-security updates; there are no security updates for Office this month. The breakdown of non-security updates is as follows:

21 updates for 2013
5 updates for 2010
4 updates for 2007
1 update for 2003

Security Updates

No security updates this month

Non-Security Updates

Updates to improve internationalization, stability and performance for Microsoft Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2726954)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2726996)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2737954)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2752025)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760224)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760318)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760568)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2767845)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2767852)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2767861)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2767864)

Update to fix Microsoft Access 2013 crash with VBA Editor

Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB2760350)

Update to fix cell editing for Microsoft Excel 2013

Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB2760339)

Updates to address basic quality improvements for Microsoft Lync 2013

Update for Microsoft Lync 2013 (KB2760512)

Note: To utilize all features in Microsoft Lync 2013, all updates in KB2812461 need to be installed

Update to improve synchronization and internalization for Microsoft OneNote 2013

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2013 (KB2737968)

Update to improve stability and performance of Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013

Update for Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 (KB2767858)

Updates to improve error dialogs for Microsoft SkyDrive Pro

Update for Microsoft SkyDrive Pro (KB2760214)

Update to improve the performance of Microsoft Visio Viewer 2013

Update for Microsoft Visio Viewer 2013 (KB2767856)

Update to improve the stability of Microsoft Word 2013 when composing long emails

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB2760244)
Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB2767854)

Update to prevent Microsoft Outlook 2010 from freezing when opening and offline address book (OAB)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB2597090)

Update to improve compatibility of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 with Microsoft Office 2013

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (KB2598240)

Updates to improve the compatibility of Microsoft Office 2010 with Microsoft Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553378)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2760631)

Updates to improve compatibility of Microsoft Office 2007 system with Microsoft Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2596620)
Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2767916)

Update to prevent Microsoft Outlook 2007 from freezing when opening and offline address book (OAB)

Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2596802)

And the Junk E-mail filter updates

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760587)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 Junk E-mail Filter (KB982726)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2767848)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2767887)

January 2013 Office Update Release

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:16:00 GMT

The January 2013 Public Update release for Office is now live and the updates are available for download. This release contains 1 security bulletin, 10 non-security updates, and the junk e-mail filter updates.

For an overview of this month’s security releases, please read: Security Bulletin Summary for January 2013.

Office Security Updates

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-002

Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB2687497) 64-Bit Edition
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB2687497) 32-Bit Edition
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2687499)
Security Update for Office 2003 (KB2760574)

Office Non-Security Updates

To improve handling of art and images in Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2726961)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760311)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2752100)

To improve user experience and presentations in PowerPoint 2013

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB2726947)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760621)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760624)

To improve stability, file-type integration, and compatibility in Word 2013

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB2738044)
Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB2752073)

To improve reliability and telemetry in SharePoint Workspace 2013

Update for Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2013 (KB2760358)

To improve International compatibility features in Visio Viewer 2013

Update for Microsoft Visio Viewer 2013 (KB2751994)

And the Junk E-mail filter updates

Definition Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726) 32-Bit Edition
Definition Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726) 64-Bit Edition
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB2760586)
Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760754)

December 2012 Office Update Release

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:42:00 GMT

The December 2012 Public Update release for Office is now live and the updates are available for download. This release contains 1 security bulletin, 13 non-security updates, and 7 re-releases of a previous security bulletins.

For an overview of this month’s security releases, please read: Security Bulletin Summary for December 2012.

Security Updates

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-079

Security Update for Microsoft Web Applications (KB2687412)
Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2760405)
Security Update for Word 2003 (KB2760497)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB2760421)
Security Update for Microsoft Word 2010 (KB2760410)
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2760416)
Security Update for WordViewer (KB2760498)

We are re-releasing the following Security Updates to correct a certificate issue

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-043

Security Update for Office 2003 (KB2687627)
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB2687497)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-057

Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2687510)
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2687501)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-059

Security Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB2687508)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-060

Security Update for Office 2003 (KB2726929)

Non-Security Updates

Updates to improve stability for Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2598242)

We are re-releasing the following Update to correct a certificate issue

Update for 2010 Microsoft Business Productivity Servers (KB2687500)

Updates to improve internationalization, stability and performance for Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2737997)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2727009)

Updates to improve compatibility of Office Project 2013 with Project Server

Update for Microsoft Office Project 2013 (KB2752101)

Updates to improve compatibility of SharePoint Designer 2013 and Visio

Update for Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 (KB2752031)

Updates to fix a table creation issue with Access Server 2013 for these languages: Finnish, Basque, Galician, Hungarian, Estonian and Kazakh

Update for Microsoft Access Server 2013 (KB2737983)

Updates to improve some functionalities (like Event feeds) in SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013

Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2752001)
Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2752058)
Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2760355)

Note: There is a known issue when installing these server updates. An error message (Microsoft SharePoint Foundation administration tool has stopped responding) will appear two times during the update installation process. This issue occurs after you put the update in the Updates folder on a Microsoft SharePoint server so that the update is installed automatically. However, the installation process is not affected when this issue occurs. To continue the installation process, click the Close the program button in the error message dialog boxes. Currently, Microsoft does not have a fix for this error.

And the Junk E-mail filter updates

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760582)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760573)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 Junk E-mail Filter (KB982726)

November 2012 Office Update Release

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:49:00 GMT

The November 2012 Public Update release for Office is now live and the updates are available for download. This release contains 1 security bulletin, 13 non-security updates, and 1 re-release of a previous security bulletin.

For an overview of this month’s security releases, please read: Security Bulletin Summary for November 2012

Security Updates

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-076

Security Update for Excel 2003 (KB2687481)
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2687311)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB2687307)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2007 (KB2687313)
Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2597126)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-046

We are re-releasing the Security Update for Office 2003 (KB2687626) to correct a certificate issue. This is the same exact patch, there is no change in the binary since the July release.

Non-Security Updates

Updates to provide the latest fixes for the Outlook 2007 and 2010. Additionally, these updates contain stability and performance improvements.

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2687404)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB2687623)

Updates to improve compatibility with Windows 8 and updates for stability and performance.

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2010 (KB2687277)

Updates to improve compatibility with Office 2013.

Excel:

Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2596660)
Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2596848)
Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2553348)
Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007 (KB2596817)
Update for Microsoft Excel Web App (KB2553337)

SharePoint Workspace:

Update for Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 (KB2589371)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2687509)

And the Junk E-mail filter updates:

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760492)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2760413)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 Junk E-mail Filter (KB982726)

Office RT RTM Update – Word reports Insufficient disk space or memory

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:51:00 GMT

It has been reported to us that in certain situations when clicking the Home tab after the RTM update, Word may throw the error message below indicating “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.”

We are aware of the issue and are actively investigating. We will be releasing a fix to Windows Update when the update has been tested and is ready for installation. In the mean time you should reboot your Windows RT device if you encounter this error. Rebooting will fix the problem permanently and will cause the fonts to be registered correctly.
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Thanks,
Office Sustained Engineering

Updating Office Home & Student 2013 RT Preview

The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:57:00 GMT

Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of the update to the final version of Office Home & Student 2013 RT on Windows Update.

If you purchase a Windows RT device on October 26, 2012, your device comes with a preview release of Office Home & Student 2013 RT, which includes special early editions of Word 2013 RT, Excel 2013 RT, PowerPoint 2013 RT, and OneNote 2013 RT.

To obtain the update to the final version of Office Home & Student 2013 RT, your tablet will automatically be updated via Windows Update, or you can manually install the update at any time.

Starting today, the update to the final version of Office Home & Student 2013 RT is available on Windows Update as an important update. To obtain the update manually:

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, then tap Search.
If you’re using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, then click Search.
Enter Windows Update in the search box, tap or click Settings, and then tap or click Install optional updates.

If you choose not to update manually, your device will be updated automatically to the final version of Office Home & Student 2013 RT beginning in early November, 2012.

For an overview of this update, please refer to the Knowledge Based article listed below.

Update for Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 RT Preview (KB2748583)

Thanks,

Office Sustained Engineering