Microsoft released updates for Office 2013 and Office 2016 on yesterday's Office non-security Patch Day. The company releases non-security updates for Microsoft Office on the first Tuesday of the month; security updates follow a week later on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month.
Microsoft released updates for Office 2013 and 2016 only; the company released no updates for the still-supported Office 2010 or the no-longer-supported Office 2007.
Note that the updates apply only to the Microsoft Installer (msi)-based editions of Office and not to Office Click-to-Run editions like Microsoft Office 365 Home. Do the following to determine the version:
Microsoft released four non-security updates for Office 2013 on the June 2018 Patch Day.
A total of 10 updates were released for Office 2016 as part of the June 2018 Patch Day.
There is no direct need to install any of the updates unless you are affected by the issues that they resolve.
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Greetings Martin: these updates get from you the comment: “There is no direct need to install any of the updates unless you are affected by the issues that they resolve.”
But is there not a case for applying these updates to forestall the possibility they might be needed? As long as they do not diminish the security or functionality of the software? And indeed, to improve the functionality of the software at some level?
I believe most experienced yet not expert users would benefit from a clearer statement of the situation.
Cheers,
John.
The general consensus is that you should not install updates that Microsoft pushes out right away unless you a) have backup b) are affected by one of the issues, c) benefit from new functionality, or d) it is a security update.
Updates may introduce new functionality but that is rather rare; more often than not, they are simple fixes. Problem is, these updates may destabilize your operating system or software, and the past has shown that this happens frequently now.