Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.4.4 update

This update provides the latest fixes for Office for Mac 2011. These include the following:

• Improves functionality in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011
  This update improves keyboard language detection. It fixes an issue that causes the keyboard language to be updated incorrectly in Word.
• Improves functionality in Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2011
  This update fixes an issue that causes slides that contain complex objects such as 3D charts to periodically display random artifacts in PowerPoint. These slides are displayed in Presenter View mode on a monitor that has a large resolution, such as a 4k monitor.
• Improves ability to configure accounts in Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011
  This update offers descriptions for supported account types in Outlook. These descriptions include information on the choices you can make when you configure an Office 365 account.

Prerequisites

Before you install the Office for Mac 2011 14.4.4 update, make sure that you have Office for Mac 2011 14.1.0 or a later version installed on your computer. Also, make sure that the computer is running Mac OS X v10.5.8 or a later version of the Mac OS X operating system.

To verify that the computer meets this prerequisite, click About This Mac on the Apple menu.

To verify that Office for Mac 2011 14.1.0 is installed on your computer, follow these steps:

1. On the Go menu, click Applications.
2. Open the Microsoft Office 2011 folder, and then start any Office application. (For example, start Microsoft Word).
3. On the application menu, click About <application>.
4. In the About <application> dialog box, note the version number that is displayed. The number should be 14.1.0 or a later version.

How to obtain the update

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Microsoft Office for Mac 14.4.4 update package now.

Release Date: Aug 26, 2014

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to go to the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Updated files

For a complete list of the files that this update adds or changes, double-click the update installer, and then click Show Files on the File menu.

Notes

The Office for Mac 14.4.4 update is also available from Microsoft AutoUpdate. AutoUpdate is a program that automatically keeps Microsoft software up-to-date.

To use AutoUpdate, start a Microsoft Office program. Then, click Check for Updates on the Help menu.

For more information about resources for Office for Mac 2011, go to the following Microsoft website: