14 DAY TRIAL // Starting at the end of June 2011, customers running Office 2010 RTM will be able to kick their copies of the productivity suite up a notch with the first upgrade released by Microsoft.
At Tech-ED 2011 US, Microsoft confirmed that Office 2010 SP1 is right on track for general availability next month.
“All language versions of SP1 will release simultaneously. Initially, Service Pack 1 will be offered as a manual download from the Download Center and from Microsoft Update, and no sooner than 90 days after release, will be made available as an Automatic Update,” the software giant revealed.
According to the Redmond company, a plethora of interesting changes will mark the evolution from Office 2010 RTM to Office 2010 SP1.
Microsoft also indicated that the upgrade will impact not only the Office clients, but will also span across the server and Cloud offerings of the suite.
An exhaustive list of all the changes that Office 2010 SP1 will bring to the table is not available at this point in time, but the software giant did work to offer a selection of highlights.
Here are the main changes that Office 2010 RTM users will see after they upgrade to Office 2010 SP1 RTM next month:
“• Outlook fixes an issue where “Snooze Time” would not reset between appointments.
• The default behavior for PowerPoint "Use Presenter View" option changed to display the slide show on the secondary monitor.
• Integrated community content in the Access Application Part Gallery.
• Better alignment between Project Server and SharePoint Server browser support.
• Improved backup / restore functionality for SharePoint Server
• The Word Web Application extends printing support to “Edit Mode.”
• Project Professional now synchronizes scheduled tasks with SharePoint task lists.
• Internet Explorer 9 “Native” support for Office Web Applications and SharePoint
• Office Web Applications Support for Chrome
• Inserting Charts into Excel Workbooks using Excel Web Application
• Support for searching PPSX files in Search Server
• Visio Fixes scaling issues and arrowhead rendering errors with SVG export
• Proofing Tools improve spelling suggestions in Canadian English, French, Swedish and European Portuguese.
• Outlook Web Application Attachment Preview (with Exchange Online only)
• Office client suites using “Add Remove Programs” Control Panel, building on our work from Office 2007 SP2.”
As it’s usually the case, SP1 will be offered free of charge to all Office 2010 customers.
It’s also important to note, that in addition to the changes introduced, Microsoft has also been hard at work to fix a range of post-RTM issues. Office 2010 SP1 will obviously include all fixes already released, including:
Office 2010 April 2011 Cumulative Update (KB 2528533) – Released April 26, 2011
Security and Non-Security Updates for April 2011 – Released April 12, 2011
Security and Non-Security Updates for March 2011 – Released March 8, 2011
Office 2010 February 2011 Cumulative Update (KB 2493730) – Released February 22, 2011
Security and Non-Security Updates for February 2011 – Released February 8, 2011
Non-Security Updates for January 2011 – Released January 11, 2011
Office 2010 December 2010 Cumulative Update (KB 2479673) – Released December 14, 2010
Security and Non-Security Updates for December 2010 – Released December 14, 2010
Security and Non-Security Updates for November 2010 – Released November 9, 2010
Office 2010 October 2010 Cumulative Update (KB 2449183) – Released October 26, 2010
Security and Non-Security Updates for October 2010 – Released October 12, 2010
Security and Non-Security Updates for September 2010 – Released September 14, 2010
Office 2010 August 2010 Cumulative Update (KB 2396341) – Released August 31, 2010
Security and Non-Security Updates for August 2010 – Released August 10, 2010
Security and Non-Security Updates for July 2010 – Released July 13, 2010
Office 2010 June 2010 Cumulative Update (KB 2259686) – Released June 29, 2010.