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Special January Offer: Buy One Get One Free!
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Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. This update provides the latest fixes to Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. Additionally, this update contains improvements to stability and reliability.

Reliability is improved when you open Office for Mac documents by using third-party applications. This update fixes an issue that causes Office for Mac documents [...]

This update addresses overall stability and performance issues, and also includes specific fixes that:

address compatibility with the iLife Media Browser
improve reliability when upgrading existing Aperture libraries
address issues with publishing photos to MobileMe, Facebook and Flickr

The update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3.
Visit the Apple website for more information.

NEW! QuarkXPress 8.5 now available as a Free Update*
The latest free update to QuarkXPress 8 resolves more than 80 customer reported issues, adds import and export of Microsoft Word DOCX (.docx) format, updated and new PANTONE colour libraries, new Auto Updater. *Free for all existing QuarkXpress 8 users.
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