You are able to run updates for Office 2011 manually as opposed to sticking to an automated schedule.
- Launch the updater from within an Office application:
- On the top menu, click Help -> Check for Updates.
- Manually run the updater:
- Go to the following folder starting from your main hard drive (usually named Macintosh HD):
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/ - Run the Microsoft AutoUpdate application.