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Microsoft Office 2011 SP1 for Mac arriving next week with Outlook improvements (downloadsquad)

Microsoft's Business Unit, the Mac software arm of the Redmond-based software
giant, is set to release its first Service Pack for Office 2011 for Mac. Just
like most updates of this nature, SP1 will address a myriad of bugs, and roll
in most of the hotfixes that came before it into one, easy to install package.

SP1 will also address Outlook's syncing support, with the BU adding calendar
support for Sync Services allowing you to finally sync Outlook calendars with
iCal and other local calendars, as well as syncing iDevices hooked up through
iTunes. For Office 2008 upgraders, this was one of the features removed in the
Entourage to Outlook switch, so it's nice to see it finally make an appearance
in Outlook. The irony here is that Outlook will no longer be able to sync with
your MobileMe calendar when it's upgraded to the new version on the 5th of
May, or before if you've jumped the gun early, as Apple has removed Sync
Services support from MobileMe by turning to CalDAV. Nothing to do with
Microsoft here of course, and it shouldn't be long before something gets
worked out.

Outlook has also been ...

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