Software giant Microsoft has recently announced the availability of an update - designated as 14.3 - to its Office for Mac 2011 product; thereby patching some issues and bringing on activation support to facilitate the installation of the updated Office for Mac version as part of the company's latest Office 365 subscription offerings.

The 14.3 update that Microsoft has announced for Office for Mac 2011 requires Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later. The updated software will be chiefly be beneficial for those users who use Office for Mac 2011 either as one of their 5 installs in Office 365 Home Premium or as one of their 2 installs in Office 365 University.

Other than adding activation for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 University, Microsoft's newly-announced 14.3 update for Office for Mac 2011 also addresses a few issues, including inaccurate display of meeting invitation times in Outlook for Mac; incorrect saving of hash tags (#) in hyperlinks in PowerPoint for Mac; and use of Paste Special with a partial table in PowerPoint for Mac leading to a crash.

However, while Microsoft has released the updated Office for Mac 2011, there has thus far been no official disclosure about when the next iteration of Office for Mac will hit the markets. On that subject, the company spokesperson simply said, in response to a question: "The new Office for Mac typically ships 12 months after the new Office for Windows, and subscribers will automatically get the new app when available."