Difference in Office Products

[iphoner2010]

Hello,

I am looking to purchase an edition of Office:mac for my mac, but I need some help in deciding which one. I am aware that regular mac has exchange support and other additions (which I don't need), but I want to know if the home/student editions of Office:mac are condensed versions of each software package instead of full versions. Any input?

 

[Macjames]

I take it your going for the latest office for mac. The only thing that comes to mind is the lack of VBA support.

 

[velocityg4]

Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage are the same across each of the Office editions. Student and Teacher just lacks support for Server Exchange and Automator Actions.

You may want to try NeoOffice first it works great and is free.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage are the same across each of the Office editions. Student and Teacher just lacks support for Server Exchange and Automator Actions.

You may want to try NeoOffice first it works great and is free.

That's true. I got Office for Mac because I need Word (everyone in the world in which I work use it), and it is vital for me. I find it perfectly good and it works well.
Cheers

 

[belvdr]

OpenOffice is also free:

http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.or...g&os=macosxintelaqua&lang=en-US&version=3.0.0

And it's even Office 2007 compatible.

 

[khunsanook]

OpenOffice is also free:

http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.or...g&os=macosxintelaqua&lang=en-US&version=3.0.0

And it's even Office 2007 compatible.

I do like the new OpenOffice, but alas, if you have any intentions of collaborating on a project with other MS Word users, you'll still need MS Word. OpenOffice is mostly compatible, but not compatible enough for exchanging MS Word docs back and forth and maintaining revision consistency.

 

[portent]

The table here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/Office2008/shop-now.mspx

Shows exactly what's included in each version.

I do like the new OpenOffice, but alas, if you have any intentions of collaborating on a project with other MS Word users, you'll still need MS Word. OpenOffice is mostly compatible, but not compatible enough for exchanging MS Word docs back and forth and maintaining revision consistency.

That may have been true in previous versions, but revision support is much better in O 3.

 

[khunsanook]

The table here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/Office2008/shop-now.mspx

Shows exactly what's included in each version.
That may have been true in previous versions, but revision support is much better in O 3.

Sure it's better, but still not good enough. Believe me we've had plenty of problems with project collaboration in the past week.

 

[iphoner2010]

Okay, thanks! I've never gotten anything but the best editions (like pro) for my PC...but then again, I don't pay for software on my PC. I have had some experiences before in some products however that sell you the "home" version but it has like 1/2 the stuff...while taunting you everytime you open the program to upgrade and unlock all the features. I was mainly concerned because the reviews for the office:mac (regular) are 1.5 stars (avg.) higher throughout BestBuy, Apple, and Sam'sClub/WalMart reviews.