Microsoft yesterday has released Service Pack 3 for their Microsoft Office 2007 suite. The update applies to both Office 2007 as we as Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, Microsoft Office Visio, and Visual Web Developer.
The third service pack includes two main categories of fixes. The service pack includes all public updates, security updates, hotfixes and other updates that were released for Office 2007 through September 2011. It also includes fixes that were made specifically for the service pack. This includes according to Microsoft "general product fixes and improvements in stability, performance and security".
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 is a cumulative update, which means that it includes all fixes that were part of Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 for Office 2007. Office users and administrators can install the third Service Pack release to apply all patches to the software.
The service pack can be downloaded via Windows Update or Microsoft Update automatically, or manually from Microsoft's Download Center.
The following link points to the download of the 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Microsoft's Download Center. The Office Language Pack 2007 is available as an alternative download as well. Please note that there is only one version of the service pack available (no 32-bit and 64-bit edition).
The core improvements are the following ones:
Office users and administrators who notice issues after installing the service pack can use Microsoft's Service Pack Uninstall Tool for the 2007 Microsoft Office suite to uninstall the service pack without affecting the core Office 2007 installation.
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Thanks!
Thanks for the heads up. Downloading now.
I guess that means that Office 2010 is due for another SP very soon!