14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released Office for Mac 2011 14.0.1 Update improving the security, stability, compatibility, and performance of the productivity suite. According to the makers of the Windows operating system, the update specifically includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.
The update reaches out to all Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 applications with the inclusion of forms-based authentication for connecting to Microsoft Office SharePoint Servers, as well as a fix for an issue that causes Office for Mac applications to lock images after they are copied back from an Office application to ChemDraw.
These changes are detailed in the first part of the complete release notes hosted on Microsoft's official Support site as follows:
Improvements for all Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 applications
• Office for Mac includes forms-based authentication
This update includes forms-based authentication in Office for Mac for connecting to Microsoft Office SharePoint Servers. Forms-based authentication transmits user credentials through HTML forms that users complete. A token that contains the user credentials for the server is stored as a cookie in Office for Mac. The cookie can also be stored in the system Keychain and Safari’s cookie store if the user selects Remember Password or a similar option in the HTML form.
• Images that are copied from an Office for Mac application back to ChemDraw can be edited
This update fixes an issue that causes Office for Mac applications to lock images after they are copied back from an Office application to ChemDraw, a molecule editor.
Visit the Redmond, Washington-based company here to see the specific changes applied to Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011, Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2011, and Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011.