Future Office 2008 updates with OS X v10.7 Lion

I understand Office 2008 is compatable with Lion but its installer is not. Down the road if MS has an update for Office 2008, will it be possible to do the update with the issue of the incompatible installer?

It should say which OS it works with on the side of the box (or download site) or on the manufacturers website?
Regards,
Colin R.

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