Microsoft explained Wednesday why it has not patched older versions of its Office for Mac, but would not disclose a release schedule for doing so.

“We cannot give an exact date, but we expect to provide these updates during one of our normal monthly update cycles very soon,” said Jerry Bryant, a group manager in the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Bryant was responding to questions raised Tuesday when Microsoft issued a multi-patch update for all versions of Office on Windows, including Office XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010, and Office for Mac 2011.

However, Microsoft did not deliver patches for the vulnerabilities in Office for Mac 2004 and Office for Mac 2008.

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