Coming Soon: Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 SP1

Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 was announced at TechNet Atlanta.

As of this timing, the service pack is scheduled to be released the end of June.  It will initially be available from both the Download Center and Microsoft Update and will include all language versions.  The service pack will not be included as an Automatic Update until at least 90 days after the initial release.

In addition to including public and cumulative updates, below is a sampling from the Microsoft Office Blog of highlighted changes to be included in SP1. 

• Outlook fixes an issue where “Snooze Time” would not reset between appointments.
• The default behavior for PowerPoint "Use Presenter View" option changed to display the slide show on the secondary monitor.
• Integrated community content in the Access Application Part Gallery.
• Better alignment between Project Server and SharePoint Server browser support.
• Improved backup / restore functionality for SharePoint Server
• The Word Web Application extends printing support to “Edit Mode.”
• Project Professional now synchronizes scheduled tasks with SharePoint task lists.
• Internet Explorer 9 “Native” support for Office Web Applications and SharePoint
• Office Web Applications Support for Chrome
• Inserting Charts into Excel Workbooks using Excel Web Application
• Support for searching PPSX files in Search Server
• Visio Fixes scaling issues and arrowhead rendering errors with SVG export
• Proofing Tools improve spelling suggestions in Canadian English, French, Swedish and European Portuguese.
• Outlook Web Application Attachment Preview (with Exchange Online only)
• Office client suites using “Add Remove Programs” Control Panel, building on our work from Office 2007 SP2

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