In the last couple of hours Microsoft have posted downloads for the release of the first Service Pack (SP) for Office 2010.
Microsoft have been busy unveiling the RTW version of its Office 365 on-line editions of Office and Office collaboration tools throughout the course of the day and while everyone has been focused on Office, slipped out the SP at the end of the press cycle.
Office 2010 is the first Office release to support a native 64-bit version, as such the SP release is available for both x86 and x64 versions.
The headlines from the fixes and changes included in Office 2010 SP1 are:
- Outlook fixes an issue where "Snooze Time" would not reset between appointments.
- The default behaviour 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)
Download: Office 2010 SP1 x64Download: Office 2010 SP1 x86View: Description of Office 2010 SP1