Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) supports the not-yet-released Windows Server 2008 and beefs up compatibility between 2007's native file format, Office Open XML and the formats used by earlier editions of the suite.
"This is a typical service pack, with emphasis on performance and stability," said Tom Rizzo, director of SharePoint. "It addresses the top issues, across the board, for both client and server" that have been reported to the company's support desk.
"The SP1 changes will be rolled into the retail versions of Office, as well as the editions used by resellers to preinstall the suite on new PCs, in about a month," said Reed Shaffner, worldwide product manager for Office.
Microsoft does not currently plan to release a service pack blocking tool for Office 2007 SP1, as it did last week for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
"We'll give users a 30-day notice before throttling up [SP1 via] Automatic Update," promised Shaffner. The notice will be posted on Microsoft's Web site and publicized elsewhere.
Depending on how users or companies have set Automatic Update, Office 2007 SP1 may be automatically downloaded and installed once the pack is added to the update list.
(Agencies)
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