Office for Mac 2011 SP1 On the Way

 

Microsoft is planning to release Service Pack 1 for Office for Mac 2011 next week, with improved syncing support.

Microsoft is planning on releasing its first service pack for Office for Mac 2011 the week of April 11,Once Office for Mac 2011 supports syncing between Apple Sync Services and Outlook for Mac, users will be able to sync their Outlook calendar, notes, contacts and tasks with any device supporting Apple’s Sync Services, including the iPhone and iPad.

However, those syncing their iPhone or iPad calendars with the new version of Apple’s MobileMe cannot sync with the Outlook 2011 SP1 calendar, something the posting attributes to “the broken link between MobileMe and Sync Services.” However, Outlook will remain capable of syncing MobileMe Mail via IMAP, as well as Contacts and Notes.

The table below outlines the supported services in Outlook for Mac 2011 SP1

Microsoft originally released Office for Mac 2011 in October 2010. For the first time, the Mac version of Microsoft’s productivity software included Outlook for Mac, in addition to the old stalwarts of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Messenger.

Tweaks to those productivity platforms included the Office “ribbon” interface, imported from the PC version, and support for SkyDrive and SharePoint 2007 as file storage. Office 2011 also features Visual Basic for Applications, which was excluded from Office 2008.