However, Apple has moved away from Sync Services with the introduction of MobileMe’s revamped calendar system, so while you will be able to sync your Outlook calendars with your iOS device via iTunes, you won’t be able to do so over the air via MobileMe. Most significantly, the e-mail, contact, and calendar application has added support for Mac OS X’s Sync Services, meaning you can now sync events, notes, and tasks with other Mac apps. In addition, Excel 2011 users can now install the Solver analysis tool while PowerPoint users can add password protection to their presentations.īut the meat of the update is undeniably in Outlook 2011. Microsoft previewed the first service pack for its Office 2011 productivity software last week on Tuesday, the company officially released the update, which brings several notable improvements to the suite of programs.īesides overall security and stability improvements, Service Pack 1 (also known as version 14.1.0) also includes the ability to author Alt Text for objects like shapes, pictures, tables, charts, SmartArt, and movies in any of Office 2011’s programs.