hahaha. i dont know if anyone noticed it, but in the macbook air video tour, the disc that was used to demonstrate remote disc was ms office mac 2008. a lot of people probably missed that. i sure did.
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Microsoft Launches Mac Office 2008
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I love Office 2008, but now I'm in a spat of confusion. I love iWorks, but at the same time, I also now like Office 2008.
I need Office 2008 to a certain degree because of compatibility but at the same time, when it comes to writing documents from scratch I prefer to use Pages. Its a difficult thing to weigh up.
I'm wondering there fore, when iWorks '09 is going to come out, and whether it'll get to the point where by Numbers can be a viable alternative to Excel and Pages improves in 'teh snappier'.
I think in the end once Numbers matures, it'll come down to price, and the value of compatibility to the end user. Lets be honest, iWorks at the current price is a bargin that can't be turned down easily lol
I need Office 2008 to a certain degree because of compatibility but at the same time, when it comes to writing documents from scratch I prefer to use Pages. Its a difficult thing to weigh up.
I'm wondering there fore, when iWorks '09 is going to come out, and whether it'll get to the point where by Numbers can be a viable alternative to Excel and Pages improves in 'teh snappier'.
I think in the end once Numbers matures, it'll come down to price, and the value of compatibility to the end user. Lets be honest, iWorks at the current price is a bargin that can't be turned down easily lol
You can run both 2004 AND 2008 at the same time.
You can run both 2004 AND 2008 at the same time!
If you have Office 2004 already don't remove unless you need the space.
So if you need VB for macros use 2004. Apple Script is in there for 2008 if you want to expand into apple programming.
You can run both 2004 AND 2008 at the same time!
If you have Office 2004 already don't remove unless you need the space. So if you need VB for macros use 2004. Apple Script is in there for 2008 if you want to expand into apple programming.
Does anyone know when MS is going to update Office 2004 for compatibility reasons because I have Office 2007 on my pc and the .docx format isn't compatible with Office 2004 yet. Also, what format does Office 2008 use?
No
There are only 2 reasons (in my opinion) to upgrade to MS Office 2008.
1. You are force to. People (who control your income) keep sending you files that have the new extensions of: docx, pptx, xlsx.
2. There is one new feature in 2008 that you can not live without. No one seems to have shown any of these.
P.S. I did buy MS Office 2008 at Amazon on pre-order because:
a. My partner uses Entourage and is hoping for some better features.
b. $131 USD is "mouse nuts" for our business.
There are only 2 reasons (in my opinion) to upgrade to MS Office 2008.
1. You are force to. People (who control your income) keep sending you files that have the new extensions of: docx, pptx, xlsx.
2. There is one new feature in 2008 that you can not live without. No one seems to have shown any of these.
P.S. I did buy MS Office 2008 at Amazon on pre-order because:
a. My partner uses Entourage and is hoping for some better features.
b. $131 USD is "mouse nuts" for our business.
They released it last month. Dec 18 2007 to be exact. You can find it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx
The file is called: Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.2.1 (Beta)
You might want to update your office while your at the MS/Mac update site.
:cool
I want one thing.
I want a MICROSOFT published app or utility that reads and writes all past file formats. ALL.
THAT would be MBU Mac like.
Call it the capitulation to the archivists.
Please call me Rocketman, and contact me MICROSOFT to confirm my request. All others annoy Microsoft.
I want one thing.
I want a MICROSOFT published app or utility that reads and writes all past file formats. ALL.
THAT would be MBU Mac like.
Call it the capitulation to the archivists.
Please call me Rocketman, and contact me MICROSOFT to confirm my request. All others annoy Microsoft.
im pretty sure the $131 "mouse nuts" is the home and student version. meaning you cant use for commercial use. might want to be careful if you say get an audit....
Finally got around to using it today. Very average and the speed time was not what I expected in load-times
There's Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements if you want Photoshop. I don't think Adobe would sell the full version of PS CS3 for anywhere near $130.
Yes.
I have HAD to use the Office 2007 for the PC at school. There are several nice things about it. But you have to get over the MASSIVE overhaul of the whole suite. I hope that the Mac version is better laid out than the PC version. So, in conclusion, Yes. Specifically if you use Excel or PowerPoint. The Word part is the most pain in the butt part of the suite.
I have HAD to use the Office 2007 for the PC at school. There are several nice things about it. But you have to get over the MASSIVE overhaul of the whole suite. I hope that the Mac version is better laid out than the PC version. So, in conclusion, Yes. Specifically if you use Excel or PowerPoint. The Word part is the most pain in the butt part of the suite.
Has (or does) Microsoft ever carried out an audit before regarding this issue?
Anyways, I'm still trying to justify either staying put with Office v.X, or upgrading to Office 2008 after all these years. And honestly, in my case, besides being able to "use the newest", I can't think of any compelling reason... yet. But in the end, I'll probably get it.
Yeah. I have Office 2007 and it is nice, but you just have to get over that it is completely different than Office 2003. Once you get used to it, it is easier to use than the previous version. I just wonder if the Mac version is also easier.
Bought 2004 on Black Friday, got the $100 rebate the other day, now waiting for my free 2008 Office Media Edition upgrade to show up. Basically bought it for the iView Media Pro (or whatever they're calling it now) software included. So I have 2004 and full 2008 for about $35.
the bibiliography feature is the greatest thing ever for a student... automatic formatting of sources? win!
Has (or does) Microsoft ever carried out an audit before regarding this issue?
Anyways, I'm still trying to justify either staying put with Office v.X, or upgrading to Office 2008 after all these years. And honestly, in my case, besides being able to "use the newest", I can't think of any compelling reason... yet. But in the end, I'll probably get it.
i would assume so for buisnesses/schools what not. make sure they have enough licenses per machine etc as well. i dunno id rather be safe than sorry
I think that the Mac BU at MS is so independent from Microsoft Proper that it deserves a second look. Having said that, if the program's speed isn't optimized, then I'll stick to LaTeX and Keynote, and if I must, OOo.
BibTeX.
BibTeX.
Excel
I will find out soon! The Excel part of th suite is quite nice!! There is tons of features that will help anyone you uses Excel! I like what I see, at least at school on PCs.
I will find out soon! The Excel part of th suite is quite nice!! There is tons of features that will help anyone you uses Excel! I like what I see, at least at school on PCs.