Steve Cote: Office 2010 SP1 to be released today

Friday, July 15, 2011

Office 2010 SP1 to be released today

Microsoft will announce and release Office 2010 Service Pack 1 on Tuesday.

The software giant is readying the Office 2010 SP1 release alongside the general availability launch of Office 365. Microsoft had previously promised Office 2010 SP1 ?by the end of June.? WinRumors understands, from sources familiar with Microsoft?s plans, that the SP1 download will be made available at 9AM PST on Tuesday June 28. SP1 releases for both Office client suites and SharePoint server products will be made available. All language versions of SP1 will release at the same time. Service Pack 1 will be offered as a manual download from the Download Center and from Microsoft Update.

Microsoft will include the following important fixes in SP1:

Outlook fixes an issue where ?Snooze Time? would not reset between appointments.
The default behavior 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)