The October 13 Microsoft updated all your apps bundled with Microsoft Office 2016, with the main objective of giving you more to maximise security and your enjoyment.. Specifically, the main part of the update focuses on a vulnerability what could allow malicious attacks through remote code execution, by opening a specific type of Office file. This update applies to applications from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
Outlook:
- New default fonts for China and Japan. These Chinese and Japanese fonts in Outlook for Mac, they have been updated to have a modern, unified, and better-behaving look.
- Visual Basic Editor enhancements. You can now add modules, references, and use debugging shortcuts in the Visual Basic Editor.
- Software updates that include the following:
- Improved VoiceOver support of time, in the Calendar function.
- Email address is now included in the attribution message by default when replying and forwarding.
- La message list now displays correctly when switching folders, causing the Reading Pane to be disabled.
- Improved 'Reminders' functionality for reduce CPU consumption.
- Better use of advanced search operators, for languages other than English.
Word:
- Visual Basic Editor enhancements. You can now add modules, references, and use debugging shortcuts in the Visual Basic Editor.
- New default fonts from China and Japan. These Chinese and Japanese fonts in Word for Mac have been updated for a modern, unified, better-behaving look.
- Software updates that include the following:
- Custom paper sizes are now supported.
- Find / Replace fixes to move to next matching word when Track Changes is on.
- Resolved crashes that occur when using mail merge together with Outlook.
- Headers / Footers, Page Numbering, Number of Pages fixed to display numbers greater than two digits.
Excel:
- New default fonts from China and Japan. These Chinese and Japanese fonts in Excel for Mac have been updated to have a modern, unified, better-behaving look.
- Visual Basic Editor enhancements. You can now add modules, references, and use debugging shortcuts in the Visual Basic Editor.
- Software updates that include the following:
- Improved support for paste from external applications.
- The scrollbars now correctly honor the scroll bar settings in OS X.
Power point:
- New default fonts from China and Japan. These Chinese and Japanese fonts in PowerPoint for Mac have been updated to have a modern, unified, better-behaving look.
- Visual Basic Editor enhancements. You can now add modules, references, and use debugging shortcuts in the Visual Basic Editor.
- Software updates.
The updates are available now for all those who already have Office 2016 installed on their Mac. It is available through the Microsoft automatic update tool.
Unfortunately it is not clear at this time whether or not this update fixes the issues in Office 2016 what users are having with the new operating system OS X El Capitan, as our colleague Miguel Ángel commented in this article, as soon as we know, we will let you know in Soy de Mac.
Also a few days ago Microsoft released a patch for Outlook problems in OS X El Capitan, more specifically with Microsoft Office 2011. This means that Microsoft is putting the batteries.
Source [Microsoft]