Changes That Affect Multiple Products (Part 2)

Office Security

• Fixes certain scenarios in which documents in trusted locations were treated as non-trusted.
• Improves several cryptographic or encryption scenarios.
• Provides a method to ignore time stamping expiration.
• Provides better security warnings when a certificate is revoked.
• An updated password algorithm that is in sync with the document ISO requirements.
• Provides an ISO-OOXML-compliant password verifier for Excel, for PowerPoint, and for Word.
• Enables smarter AVAPI blocking for encrypted macros.

Service Pack Removal

• 2007 Microsoft Office SP2 is the first service pack to support the removal of client updates through both the command line and the Microsoft Service Pack Uninstall Tool for the 2007 Microsoft Office Suite. The Service Pack Uninstall Tool is available as a separate download.

Input Method Editor (IME)

• Improves the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME). This includes improved conversion accuracy and improved self-learning functionality.

Other Microsoft Scoops :

• The Microsoft Windows 7 Free Upgrade Option Program
• Downgrade Rights For Windows 7 & Windows Vista Leaked!
• Windows Anytime Upgrade For Windows 7 Revealed!
• Windows Office 14 Details Leaked!
• An Inside Look Into The New Windows 7 Experience Index!
• The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed!
• The Latest Microsoft Windows 7 Roadmap
• Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Details
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2's Latest Release Schedule
• Latest Details On Windows Vista Service Pack 2
• Installing DirectX 9 Can & Will Kill DirectX 10

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