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Office 2008 for Mac suite adds more bells and whistles.
Great new modern look. Lots of new colorful templates. Full customization. Easy install. Speed improvements.
Ribbon and toolbar hiding for basic editing.
Posted Jan 22, 2008 - Microsoft has really outdid themselves with this new version of Office for Mac 2008. Most features from previous versions are still there, but MS has added lots more. It's got a great cool look, but that's only the beginning. Office has lots of very colorful templates so you can create brochures or even newsletters. Think of it as PageMaker Light. The main improvement is full customization of features. It's very open ended for making documents exactly as you want them. Besides the usual bold, italic and normal fonts, for example, Office offers you tons of new text designs. Speed is one of the pleasant surprises of this software. Since this version is Universal Binary, it is made for Intel Macs. My WORD, for example, loaded in just 5 seconds from the double click to a blank document ready for creation. With the previous versions of Office, you simply dragged the "Office" icon to your hard disk and then let it install. With the 2008 version, you click on the Office icon and follow the directions. It worked quite well this way. You are constantly prompted to change identity or import information from previous versions. I have very little complaints with Office 2008, but I do miss the ribbon and toolbar for simple editing functions. But the good news is that you need to know where to look for them to do an install under the "View" option. Microsoft waited nearly 4 years to bring out this new version of Office. Users will be pleasantly surprised at all the new options that await them.
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Office 2008 for MAC
Office 2008 (Home & Student)
Office 2008 is the worst Office version yet.
