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Although I’m sure it’s happened at some point or another, I can’t remember ever having to update Apple’s default OS X word processor, TextEdit, to improve security, stability or whatever. Still, if you spend eight hours or more a day in a cubicle — it’s snowing outside right now by the way — chances are Microsoft Office is what you’re using to process words, send email, etc. and it’s time to update.

Redmond has released Microsoft Office 2011 14.0.2 (release notes). The headline feature here is improved stability for the companies industry-defining Outlook corporate email client, though are some tweaks for other folks, too.

What’s new:

• 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 not to open by using certain third-party applications.

• Office for Mac Updater request users to close Microsoft AutoUpdate during the update process:This update fixes an issue that causes Office for Mac updater to request users to close AutoUpdate when the Office updater is running. When the users close AutoUpdate, the updater also stops the Office update process.

• Outlook stability is improved: This update fixes an issue that causes Outlook to crash or close unexpectedly sometimes when you import a .pst file that contains categories. Specifically, categories that have no category names assigned to them.

Get your copy of Microsoft Office 2011 14.0.2 here (110.5MB).