In Service Pack 1, PowerPoint 2004 sees improved performance when you play movies in a slide show, better compatibility with fonts, and corrected dragging of objects when the ruler is turned on. For additional help with Word 2004’s new features, see our just-released "Take Control of What’s New in Word" ebooks. Other Word improvements include the proper functioning of AutoRecover when FileVault is enabled (note that we do not recommend the use of FileVault except in very specific situations), text correctly changing to the font selected from the Font menu, and correct detection of Swiss German proofing tools. This fix alone makes Service Pack 1 essential in my mind. Most important from my perspective is that Microsoft stamped out the maddening selection bug in Word 2004, by which selecting by word would often also select the word preceding the selection.
#STABILITY ISSUES MICROSOFT PPT FOR MAC UPDATE#
Trying to figure out if this warranted coverage, I asked, "So you’re telling me that AutoUpdate is going to kick in automatically to update itself to better kick in automatically?" The answer was yes, and I decided it fit into the same news category as a tree falling in an uninhabited forest.īut now you really do want that 927K update to Microsoft AutoUpdate (which you can find and launch manually in your Applications folder if you turned off the Microsoft AU Daemon in your Startup Items list), because the utility now has some real work to do in downloading and installing Microsoft’s 22.8 MB Service Pack 1 for Office 2004, which fixes numerous security and stability issues in the Office suite of programs.
#STABILITY ISSUES MICROSOFT PPT FOR MAC FOR MAC#
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