14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released the monthly batch of non-security updates for Microsoft Office, and this time there’s a little something for Office 2010, 2013, and 2016.
As part of this November release, Microsoft fixes issues in its productivity suite that aren’t related to security, as patches that resolve security vulnerabilities are always shipped on the second Tuesday of each month, officially known as Update Tuesday or Patch Tuesday.
Office 2010 is getting two different updates, namely KB4461522 and KB2863821, with Microsoft saying that fixes breaking down Japanese era names are now corrected.
Microsoft Office 2013 is getting the same updates, but this time they are labeled as KB4461482 and KB3178640, while in the case of Office 2016, the batch includes several more patches.
Office 2016 updates
First and foremost, there’s KB4461475, which corrects new email message and appointment tabbing order issues spotted on systems where Outlook 2016 is configured to run with multiple languages.
KB4461438 and KB4461474 are both supposed to resolve the Japanese glitch mentioned above, while KB4461502 comes with improvements for PowerPoint 2016, including for macro bugs in PPT files saved as PPTM.
And last but not least, Office 2016 users are getting KB4461505, which comes with fixes for three different bugs, including for a problem that caused some lines in EMF files to be displayed incorrectly when the file is saved as PDF.
These updates are specifically aimed at the mentioned versions of Microsoft Office, while Office 365 subscribers are getting all the improvements automatically, as their productivity suite is always running the latest version.
Microsoft insists that users should make the switch to Office 365 to always be up-to-date, emphasizing that this is the place where all the new features and improvements arrive the first.
However, with Office 2019 already announced and another on-premise version of Office already confirmed, there’s no doubt this stand-alone version of the productivity suite would stick around for several more years.
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