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The editors liked
Fast
Finally
Much more Mac-like look and feel
SmartArt in PowerPoint is groovy
Exchange plays nice
Updated Microsoft Office applications running natively on Intel Macs. Uses Office 2007 formats by default. Still the most powerful office suite for the Mac.
Cool Mac-specific features
Compatibility with Windows’ Office 2007
Eye-catching aesthetics
Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 offers good looks that encompass deeper features than other Mac productivity software
Business users get full Word mail merge
Robust Excel spreadsheets
And better tools in Entourage
Amateur desktop publishing features ...
The editors didn't like
Entourages search is still no good
Entourage still keeps its email in one giant folder
Causing issues with Time Machine
My Day should live in Dashboard
Clumsy
Cluttered interface. VBA automation removed. Not fully compatible even with older Office files.
Expensive
Expression Media package not as rich as iLife ‘08
Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 is pricey
Saves work in new file formats by default
Excel drops Visual Basic support
Features dont match the depth of those in Office 2007 for Windows.
From some angles, the overall question of whether you should upgrade to Office 2008 is a no-brainer. Office 2008 is as close as you can get to a universal app, and all of the changes I explored are improvements or at least potentially worthwhile addit...
Insert graphics easily via Element Gallery, Universal binary, faster on Intel Macs, No more floating toolbars
No Visual Basic support in Excel, Mostly just cosmetic changes, Dull graphics in Elements Gallery
Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit, the largest gaggle of Mac programmers outside Apple, has produced a new Mac Office suite for the first time since 2004. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac comprises new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage and Mes...
Universal Binary, OpenXML support, useful Elements Gallery, Word now matches Pages as a page layout tool, Home & Student edition particularly good value
Sometime lacklustre performance, no support for Visual Basic macros, PowerPoint still looks weak compared with Keynote
Definitely a mixed bag: Word has been substantially improved and is a joy to use, and Entourage has some useful new innovations. But Excel is a less-than-stellar upgrade given the lack of Visual Basic macros, and though PowerPoint is better than it wa...
Good looks that encompass deeper features than other Mac productivity software, Business users get full Word mail merge, robust Excel spreadsheets and better tools in Entourage, Desktop publishing features deliver more polished documents, Runs on Intel...
Expensive, Saves work in new file formats by default, Excel drops Visual Basic support, Features dont match the depth of those in Office 2007 for Windows
Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives...
Abstract: THE long awaited update of the Microsoft Office for the Mac is over. It will be released next Tuesday at MacWorld 2008, After trying out a beta version, here is a sneak peek of what to expect from the updated application.The program will run on any Int...
Abstract: I flere måneder har Microsoft drevet en nesten aggressiv prelansering av Microsoft Office:2008 Mac, med en rekke forhåndsvisninger for forhandlere og kunder. I tillegg har vi i datapressen og andre testmiljøer naturligvis har hatt tilgang til betaversj...
