The Microsoft Office Security Update Release in April 2014 is out and better than ever! The trick to a great tech product is keeping it current, and Microsoft does a great job of continuously improving it’s already fantastic Office product through new versions and updates.

The April 2014 Public Update release for Office includes 13 security updates (2 bulletins) and 28 non-security updates. We’ve listed them for you below:

Security Updates

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-017

  • Security Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB2863910)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB2878219)
  • Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 (KB2863907)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Word 2010 (KB2863926)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2863919)
  • Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2878220)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Web Applications (KB2878221)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2878236)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB2878237)
  • Security Update for Word 2003 (KB2878303)
  • Security Update for Word Viewer (KB2878304)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-020

  • Security Update for Publisher 2003 (KB2878299)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB2817565)

Non-security updates

To improve general stability and performance in Word:

To improve general stability and performance in Excel:

  • Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB2752087)

To improve compatibility with YouTube, and general stability and performance in PowerPoint:

  • Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (KB2837579)
  • Update for Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2010 (KB2837586)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760544)
  • Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB2837627)

To improve general stability and performance in OneNote:

  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760344)
  • Update for Microsoft OneNote 2013 (KB2817628)

To improve search functionality, and to improve compatibility with international fonts in Visio:

  • Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB2553444)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2863843)
  • Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB2837632)
  • Update for Microsoft Visio Viewer 2013 (KB2817301)

To improve compatibility with password prompts in SharePoint:

  • Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2863811)

To improve parameter limitations in PerformancePoint services in SharePoint:

  • Update for 2010 Microsoft Business Productivity Servers (KB2553341)

To improve compatibility with the Russian lexicon in SharePoint:

  • Update for 2010 Microsoft Business Productivity Servers (KB2760756)
  • Update for Microsoft Web Applications (KB2687504)

To improve compatibility with ACM server in SharePoint:

  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2837623)

To improve general stability and performance across Office 2013:

  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2768012)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2817636)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2825631)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2827272)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2863825)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2863844)
  • Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2863860)

To improve general stability and performance in OneDrive:

  • Update for Microsoft OneDrive for Business (KB2863864)

And the junk e-mail filters…

  • Definition Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2760587)
  • Definition update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726)
  • Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB2878297)

Please note that these updates are all found in their corresponding versions of Office Click-to-Run:

  • Office 2013: 15.0.4605.1003
  • Office 2010: 14.0.7122.5000

All these updates are here to make your Office experience better, and if you have any questions about using Office, we’re here to help. Don’t just sit back and use the same Office you’ve been using for years. Microsoft puts these updates out because they enhance the product, so make sure you’re taking advantage of new features and improvements and getting full use of Microsoft Office.

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