As is the general case with service pack releases from Microsoft, SP2 for the company's latest version of the productivity suite can be integrated into Office 2007. The process, known as slipstreaming, involves making the Service Pack 2 RTM an integral part of Office 2007. The result will permit customers who acquired pre-SP2 versions of Office 2007 to install both the productivity suite and the most recent service pack in a single deployment, rather than go through the installation process twice.

First off, make sure to grab a copy of Office 2007 SP2. Following the announcement of Office 2007 SP2 RTM's availability I have received inquiries related to the slipstream process. Users must understand that Office service packs are cumulative. In this regard, they will not need to integrate SP1 and then SP2 into Office 2007. Slipstreaming SP2 will suffice as the service pack contains SP1.

After you have downloaded the office2007sp2-kb953195-fullfile-en-us.exe file from Microsoft, make sure to create two different folders on a local drive. For this specific example I will use D:. So, create D:\Extracted_files and C:\Updated_files. Copy Office 2007 SP2 to the Extracted_files folder. Next you will have to launch command prompt. Just type cmd in the search box under the Start Menu and right click selecting Run as administrator, to enjoy full privileges. Next you will need to run the following command CD D:\Extracted_files\office2007sp2-kb953195-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:D:\Updated_files.

During the extraction process you will have to agree to the End User License Agreement (EULA), but otherwise you need to do nothing. Once the Installer is done you need to move all the content of the Updated_files folder to the Updates folder in the Office install folder, and this is pretty much it. The result can be burnt on a DVD or saved locally or on a network share.

Download Office 2007 Service Pack 2 from Softpedia by clicking here.