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But, some Excel features in this Mac version are completely different. Similar in some ways to Windows version. Have to relearn Excel.
Love the Publishing Layout with the Document Map on the left side of the window. Not as easy as Pages when inserting graphics thus far. Also, it is so easy to create first class Covers, Tables of Contents etc. Am writing five books at once and Word 2004 and a couple of fairly good Desk Top Publisher apps (including Pages ) have not been as capable as Word 2008. Now if they only keep up with Apple and upcoming release of Snow Leopard (OS 10.6). However, Word 2008 retains many standard features and commands of predecessor Word apps that I have been using since the late 80s.
Microsoft did well with this release. Best investment in software I have made in years. Still have much to learn on how to insert graphics. Also, I work in Outline format a lot and can see it constantly as I switch from Outline to Pubilishing Layouts.
So I'm going to have to give this an enormous thumbs down, worst program I've ever purchased. Well, after a clean wipe of the harddrive and complete reinstall of Leopard, and then a fresh install of a brand new Office 2008 right out of the box, every single one of the applications crashes on startup and none of the suggestions in any of the forums online solve the problem. When it won't even start up, you know it's bad.
Works great for the majority of my requirements. Changed over from a PC and this program converts all of my docs over easily and almost seemlessly. If not go to the more powerful full version of Office and you will be covered. Received this earlier than scheduled. No brainer install and getting up to speed. If you are like the majority of the folks out there, this should be fine for 80-90% of what you use.
my brother originally ordered iWorks on his mac and after trying it ordered Office 2008. it is worth the $110 and has product codes for three different computers, which is also awesome. while it is certainly ironic to say that microsoft would be writing the best office suite software for mac, the fact of the matter is they do. i agree that Office 2008 is far superior, and would definitely recommend it to anyone ordering a mac.
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