The second update for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011

Important note: Please refer to this Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP2 support post before installing this update as Microsoft have since discovered some technical issues with it.

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Service Pack 2 is a free update to the popular Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 and a follow-up to Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Service Pack 1.

The more notable Outlook enhancements include:

• Sync performance with Exchange server,• Performance improvements while deleting multiple items,• Displaying email message content, and sending email.

Outlook performance is also improved in IMAP account sync and the database rebuild utility. New capabilities include:

• Scheduling resources in the calendar,• Distribution list expansion,• Day number display in the calendar.

The update includes all Office applications – including Word Excel and PowerPoint, the latter of which is now available in full-screen mode in Lion.

If you use Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, then this official service pack is a must.

The more notable Outlook enhancements include:• Sync performance with Exchange server,• Performance improvements while deleting multiple items,• Displaying email message content, and sending email.Outlook performance is also improved in IMAP account sync and the database rebuild utility. New capabilities include:• Scheduling resources in the calendar,• Distribution list expansion,• Day number display in the calendar.Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have improved performance with additional modest improvements. For example, we updated PowerPoint to take advantage of full screen view in Lion, and we improved grammar checkers for Italian and German languages. We also made it easier to work with Office documents on SkyDrive and addressed several smaller issues in response to your feedback.

Changes

• The more notable Outlook enhancements include:• Sync performance with Exchange server,• Performance improvements while deleting multiple items,• Displaying email message content, and sending email.Outlook performance is also improved in IMAP account sync and the database rebuild utility. New capabilities include:• Scheduling resources in the calendar,• Distribution list expansion,• Day number display in the calendar.Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have improved performance with additional modest improvements. For example, we updated PowerPoint to take advantage of full screen view in Lion, and we improved grammar checkers for Italian and German languages. We also made it easier to work with Office documents on SkyDrive and addressed several smaller issues in response to your feedback.