Update Office 2013 to Service Pack 1

A Service Pack is something that Microsoft releases after the final release of a product to include enhancements and bug fixes. Most versions of Microsoft Office have had 2 or 3 Service Pack releases. Service Packs are often abbreviated as SP, so Service Pack 1 is called SP1, and similarly you have SP2 and SP3 releases.

SP1 for Microsoft Office 2013 has all the new updates which help in improving the security, performance, and stability of other Office 2013 products. Additionally, this SP is a roll-up of all previously released updates.

You can either install SP1 automatically, your Office 2013 programs will automatically notify you about the update or you can download SP1 and install it on your computer. The latter option is preferable if you have more than one computer where you want to install SP1, this will ensure that you don't have to download the large SP1 package multiple times.

To start the update, first download the SP1 installer file from the Microsoft Download Center - based on your version of Office 2013, download either the SP1 for the 64-Bit Edition or the 32-Bit Edition. On the page select your required language (highlighted in green within Figure 1, below) and click the Download button highlighted in blue within Figure 1.

Figure 1: Microsoft Download Center page

Once the installer is downloaded, follow these steps to install the update:

1. Double-click the installer file to start the update. This brings up a window, as shown in Figure 2 . Within the window, select the Click here to accept the Microsoft Software License Terms check-box (highlighted in red within Figure 2). Then click the Continue button (highlighted in blue within Figure 2).
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   Figure 2: Opening window of Service Pack 1 update
2. This brings up the next screen. Here, the process of update detection runs, as shown in Figure 3.
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   Figure 3: Update detection
3. Once the update detection is done, the progress of extracting files shows up, as shown in Figure 4.
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   Figure 4: File extraction in progress
4. Thereafter, the installer determines the list of files that need to be updated (see Figure 5).
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   Figure 5: Installer determining the list of files that need to be updated
5. This will start the update installation process, as shown in Figure 6. The installation may take some time.
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   Figure 6: Update installation in progress
6. Once the installation is done, you will be prompted to reboot your computer to complete the installation of the package. Click the Yes button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 7.
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   Figure 7: Reboot the computer to complete the installation

Here is a table showing you the issues fixed by Service Pack 1 (SP1) in PowerPoint 2013.