The Mac Office team released TWO great updates today. 

 The first is the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.9 Update (Service Pack 2) .  Along with the standard security and stability additions included the Document Connection Pack (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/itpros/dcc.mspx). Many have been waiting for this enhancement that ..

  • Enables SharePoint 2007 Integration
    • Integrated (offline/local) access to SharePoint Websites
    • Document upload
    • Document check-out/in
    • SharePoint Workspace and Doc Library access & browsing
    • An independent application with File Menu integration
  • Enables Office Live Integration 
    • Integrated (offline/local) access to Office Live Workspaces 
    • Document upload
    • Document check-out/in
    • Office Live Workspace document access & browsing
    • An independent application with File Menu integration
  • Improves Safari Support

 SP2 also includes:

  • 10x speed increase specific on Word features
  • 24% increase on Excel calculations

http://www.officeformac.com/blog/Announcing-Office-2008-for-Mac-Service-Pack-2 

The second update is the Open XML File Format Converter 1.1 available here...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973585 

Some great updates for large and small teams with installed Mac Office!