Microsoft Office MetaFile Filter update may not work in some cases

A recent Microsoft Tech Support document covers the following symptom: When you open a document in one of the Microsoft office 2007 Macintosh Edition programs, the pictures in the document do not appear correctly but instead contain missing or broken lines or details." It offers the same solution as for the TIFF problem reported here last time: get the updated MetaFile Filter. However, John Chen claims that the updated Filter did not fix this problem for him.

Similarly, Ted Burger writes: "The Office 98 MetaFile update does not fix everything. I am having trouble opening some Word documents that have a graphic for the logo. Word opens the document and displays the text, but when it attempts to convert the EMF logo, the entire Mac freezes. Force Quit does not work."

"Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 Update is a combined updater that includes all previously released updates for Office v. X. Installing this update on any previously released version of Office v. X will bring Office up to date and corrects problems that some users had installing previous updates."

The included updates are: Office v. X, Service Release 1 which provides new functionality and a host of other enhancements to Office v.X; Office v. X 10.1.1 Update which tackles some security vulenrabilities; Entourage X Hotmail Update which allows users to connect to MSN Hotmail servers; and Network Security Update which provides more secure operation of Office in connected environements.