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Microsoft Office: Mac 2008 Home and Student

Office 2008 for Mac features a leading suite of applications that Mac customers rely on to get their work completed with Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008 and Microsoft Messenger for Mac. Mac users can simplify their day by using powerful new tools and easily located classic Office for Mac features. Office 2008 for Mac is designed to help users get more from their Macs by making key functions accessible through a more intuitive design and by introducing smart features such as Ledger Sheets in Excel 2008, My Day with Entourage 2008, Publishing Layout View in Word 2008 and SmartArt graphics in PowerPoint 2008 that are simple to use and yield powerful results. Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition provides the basics of Office 2008 for Mac for home and school users. This version includes three user licenses for use by consumers and students but does not include connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server or support for automated workflows.

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Microsoft Office: Mac 2008 Home and Student

Software
Media Format	DVD-ROM
Max License Size	3 user(s)
Min License Size	1 user(s)
Version / Edition	2008 Home & Student Edition
License Type	Full Product
Program Type	E-mail/Contact Manager\|Presentation\|Spreadsheet\|Word Processor

System Requirements
Required Processor Speed	500 MHz
Required Memory	512 MB
Required Disk Space	1.5 GB
Required Processor Class	PowerPC G4\|PowerPC G5
Required Operating System	Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger)\|Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard)

More Info
URL	http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/Office2008/default.mspx

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Microsoft Office: Mac 2008 Home and Student

Reviewed by: Bugfisher

12-15-08

Duration of ownership: 1 Months

Strengths: Word's font menu works better with Apple's FontBook.

Weaknesses:Dozens: doesn't work with Spaces; many bugs that weren't in my older version of Office.

Overall Evaluation: I have been a user of Microsoft Word and Excel since version 1.0 of both programs. I have been using Office X for several years, and though I had occasional minor problems, I was basically happy with it. A few months ago I got a new iMac with OS X 10.5 (Leopard), and I love it. I had no serious problems with Leopard until I updated Microsoft Office to the 2008 version. But after using Office 2008 for a few weeks, I have decided it is the worst version of Office I have ever used; I have had far more problems with Word than I ever had with any previous version. Other than not working with Leopard's Spaces, I had had no serious problems with Excel until today when I opened a workbook that I had been using for several years in the Office X version. The first time I opened it in Office 2008's version of Excel, one of the graphs was completely screwed up. After I tried everything I could think of to straighten it out, I called Microsoft's help line. The service person who took my call asked me to e-mail the workbook to her, and after about 20 minutes of working with it, she said she could not figure out what the problem was, or what to do about it. But she said I was still charged with one of my two free support calls.I have decided to abandon Office 2008 and go back to using Office X, because Office 2008 is basically worthless. I plan to ask Microsoft for a refund, and if they refuse, then they have breached their contract with me, and I will consider myself released from any obligation to comply with their license restrictions.
Reviewed by: dormammu

06-18-08

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Strengths: Word and Excel XML file support (XML is also used for Office 2007 for Windows)

Weaknesses:Excel no longer has Visual Basic.

Overall Evaluation: Excel no longer has Visual Basic. Everyone complained, so Microsoft has committed to bringing it back in the next version. I think this was a calculated way to cut-down on Office 2008's development time and to use the reinclusion of Visual Basic as a seling point for the next upgrade! While the Mac Business Unit is better than the rest Microsoft, they still are just a part of Microsoft. Switch to Apple's iWork '08 which has full Word/Excel/PowerPoint support and is cheaper. You won't be sorry.
Reviewed by: compcons

05-26-08

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Native on Intel Macs, support for XML based file formats

Weaknesses:Loss of Visual Basic (though doesn't affect most home users), still buggy

Overall Evaluation: I've been using this version of Office for almost half a year now, and there are still many times when I'm dissatisfied with it. I've used Office on Windows for years (up to version 2003, still can't warm up to 2007) and when I migrated to Mac a few years ago, I of course had version 2003.My biggest impetus for upgrading was to be the performance improvement by making it a Universal Binary/Intel native piece of software. I was sort of wrong as the apps don't seem that much faster or improved, in fact, sometimes even crash more than the previous version of Office for Mac, most notably in Excel.I'm not a heavy user of any office apps, but do need to constantly use the apps to share files with others. Excel and Word are my strongest points, and the former definitely lacks features compared to the Windows version. Microsoft is simply trying to make the product Mac pretty more than "office" pretty. I am glad they didn't use the ribbon from Office 2007 on the Macs, but that also basically means they didn't add a whole lot new features from Office 2003 either. In fact, many will complain about the lost feature of Visual Basic support.I've recently installed the recent Service Pack 1 and hoping it resolves many of the stability issues I've seen. I don't ever expect this to be a revolutionary product, however.
Reviewed by: pyc103

05-20-08

Duration of ownership: 60 Days

Strengths: Familar Office Suite, inexpensive price, 3 licenses

Weaknesses:None

Overall Evaluation: If you're going to buy Mac Office for your Mac, which I think is essential, because who doesnt use Word or Excel, then Mac Office Home Student / Teacher Edition is the best value! It's cheaper than the other versions, and you get 3 licenses to use! There's no crippled software here folks! Full versions, plus exchange support for email in case you use (Entourage - I dont). I will admit, I am coming from as a Windows user, and it's not as intuitive as the toolbar isnt as prominent as it is in Windows. Nevertheless, everything is there that you need.
Reviewed by: macsgirl01

05-06-08

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Strengths: very easy to use and has everything you could possibly want.

Weaknesses:none

Overall Evaluation: Was skeptical about this software because I was not familiar with it. Daughter needed it for school and we just bought a macbook. Price was right at officemax on sale for 129.99 and also had a discount coupon for another 20 dollards off. Decided to try it.She likes it so far!

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