Fullscreen is so simple to implement, it's stupid, they could have at the very least thrown that in. I don't know too much about autosave or versions though, but I know they're not hard either.
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MSFT: Lion Features Coming to Office "In Months, Not Days"
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Fullscreen is so simple to implement, it's stupid, they could have at the very least thrown that in. I don't know too much about autosave or versions though, but I know they're not hard either.
Because that's not news. They've been issuing those updates for years.
To be fair, Office for Mac is vastly more stable than Office on my work PC. Though that could well be because my work PC is loaded with a million other over engineered programs and components....
I am glad that Microsoft is going to offer this update, even if it takes some months before it comes out. Of course I would prefer to have it now, but I didn't really believe that Microsoft would offer such an update.
Why iWork, why?
I agree with what many people said, if only iWork was more compatible with Office then I doubt that many people would actually invest in office, as Pages is generally as nicer layout, though Office has a huge focus on features at your fingertips, when will one ever even use half of the tools and features that are on the main ribbon. I don't mind this but when compared to pages and the rest of the iWork apps, I do think about the future and when I can finally upgrade to iWork 11 or 12 whenever that comes out, but if only compatibility wasn't such an issue.
I agree with what many people said, if only iWork was more compatible with Office then I doubt that many people would actually invest in office, as Pages is generally as nicer layout, though Office has a huge focus on features at your fingertips, when will one ever even use half of the tools and features that are on the main ribbon. I don't mind this but when compared to pages and the rest of the iWork apps, I do think about the future and when I can finally upgrade to iWork 11 or 12 whenever that comes out, but if only compatibility wasn't such an issue.
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Microsoft, poor effort, why can you not see the benefits of having this ready? Are you really this incompetent? Oh yes, I knew that already.
Ballmer is the worst excuse for a CEO anyone could find for a major organisation. Thy need to get rid of him.
Microsoft, poor effort, why can you not see the benefits of having this ready? Are you really this incompetent? Oh yes, I knew that already.
Ballmer is the worst excuse for a CEO anyone could find for a major organisation. Thy need to get rid of him.
One missing feature
For the love of all that's good add the Selection pane in PowerPoint already. You've been able to rename animation objects forever on Windows and still cannot do it on the Mac.
Honestly do that and I'll upgrade from 2008 to 20XX.
For the love of all that's good add the Selection pane in PowerPoint already. You've been able to rename animation objects forever on Windows and still cannot do it on the Mac.
Honestly do that and I'll upgrade from 2008 to 20XX.
MS is just slow and thought Lion wouldn't have this many features. I guess the Mac Dev Team was ordered to decode Lion and find ways to put *steal* those features and put them into Windows 8... instead of updating the current products
those who care, iWork 09 has full screen ability just like '11.
those who care, iWork 09 has full screen ability just like '11.
I don't get it... Office 2011 (or at least Word) already has full-screen application support. They make it seem like it doesn't...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURqXsLfBK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURqXsLfBK8
How many months did they have to get a head start? Office is a great product on the Mac but this kind of attitude is why MSFT is losing market share.
This is incorrect. Mindnode does, in fact the feature was released about the same time as Lion was released. I guess those guys have dev accounts.
I know with certainty that Fullscreen isn't hard to implement now, in fact, that's the whole point of OS-wide support. Same with versions and autosave.
Completely unrelated, but I just found this picture of steve jobs from the recent keynote at moscone west:
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How sweet.
Great pic! He's not a heartless monster after all.
I actually see this a good news ... I wasn't expecting that MS will adopt the new features/APIs any time soon (more with the next major version, not as update) ... So I'm glad to see it's coming.
Outlook e.g. does not support Fullscreen.
The Fullscreen in Word is complete different than the Lion Fullscreen - it e.g. does not open in its 'own' space like Lion Fullscreen apps -> gestures to switch between desktops/full-screen-apps do not work correct since it is still treated like a window on the desktop (that just covers everything else up)
Outlook e.g. does not support Fullscreen.
The Fullscreen in Word is complete different than the Lion Fullscreen - it e.g. does not open in its 'own' space like Lion Fullscreen apps -> gestures to switch between desktops/full-screen-apps do not work correct since it is still treated like a window on the desktop (that just covers everything else up)
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love the eloquent interface of iWork and specifically Pages. In my situation, i still require Microsoft Office for my classes as iWork doesn't have the same layout and functionalities that i require. This is a disappointment, but nothing too big
and I'm getting a bit doubtful of iWork '11
and I'm getting a bit doubtful of iWork '11
Not for some of us. For many iWork > Office 2011. It all comes down to what you need. For me I crank out stuff in iWork much faster than Office, but some users need the extra features of Office that I do not so for them Office is a better choice.
Also to everyone saying MS should have had these updates already, software development just isn't that simple. Larger programs that do a lot of different things will have a harder time getting updates pushed. Just because there was a developer preview of Lion doesn't mean it was feasible for many companies to take advantage of it. Lots can change during a dev preview so many wait until preview 3 or 4 to start getting programs ready.
of course microsoft didnt want their software to work, that would have made lion look better by it having one less problem
I remember when they said the same thing back when Office was incompatible with Spaces. It ended up taking years for it to be resolved.
