Microsoft has released updates for both its Office 2008 and Office 2004 application suites. Both updates address a number of security flaws as well as some minor bug fixes. Download links as follows or use the Microsoft AutoUpdate feature …

Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.7 (333 Mb) – requires 12.1.0 or higher

Microsoft Office 2004 11.6.1 (16.4 Mb) - requires 11.6.0

In addition, the Open XML File Format Converter (45 Mb) has been updated to version 1.1.7. This utility allows users of Microsoft Office for the Mac versions v.X and 2004 to convert files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows. Like the others, this update addresses security issues.