If you haven’t already seen it, Microsoft Office users on the Mac OS X
will be seeing a software update for Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 and
2011. The update contains security patches that Microsoft claims are
“critical” while also providing improvements to Outlook. The update
requires a Mac that is running OS X 10.5.8 or later so not all users
will be able to update. Furthermore, some Macs will need multiple
updates because this isn’t a single patch.

Users who are more details on the update can read the change log below:

• This update fixes an issue in which automatic configuration did not work correctly for Outlook.com accounts.
  
• This
  update addresses an issue when importing data from a PST file. If an
  email message in the PST file contains inline images followed by
  attachments (in that order), the attachments will be missing from the
  message after it is imported in Outlook for Mac.
  
• This
  update fixes an issue in which certain kinds of distribution lists were
  not being recognized correctly as distribution lists and could not be
  expanded.
  
• This update addresses an issue when you use a
  Gmail account in Mac Outlook 2011 14.2 and later versions. When you
  move a message between folders, a duplicate of it was incorrectly
  created in the All Mails folder.
  
• This update addresses
  an issue in which spaces sometimes disappear when pasting content from
  Word or replying to messages generated in windows Outlook (which uses
  WordMail as editor). The issue was caused by incorrect parsing of the
  copied content in Outlook for Mac.
  
• This update adds a
  designated error to inform users when an expired password results in
  authentication failure. Previously, users were not provided this level
  of detail when an authentication failure occurred.
  

In other news, no additional information about Microsoft Office for the
iOS platform has been released despite many users looking forward to it.
All we know is that it is “being worked on” so we’ll have to continue
to be patient.