Scripps Employees Called 'Hackers' For Exposing Massive Security Flaw
Suspected PayPal Hackers Seek Deal To Stay Out Of Prison
Microsoft testing Office 2008 on Macs
Mac users seem to always get it last, and this upcoming version of Office 2008 is no exception. The team at Microsoft has been testing the next version of Office for Mac which is scheduled to be out in the middle of this year, and luckily adds some features that Apple fans have been missing out on. Office 2008 has been finally released in a private beta test version for Mac users to test on Intel and Power PC setups. This release has taken longer than Microsoft's normal schedule of 18-24 months for new Mac versions of software releases. The current Mac version of Office is 2004 came out in April 2004. Mac Office will also finally get support for XML file formats, which was added in the Windows Office 2007 version. Office for Mac will also see an application called My Day, which give quick access to calendar items. Other improvements include improved page layout in Word and Excel with ledger sheets.
An Office alternative that more and more users are getting turned onto is the new OpenOffice 2.2 which has recently been released.
Comments
1
Subscribe to commentsJamusApr 3rd 2007 9:32AM
Well, not exactly...
Mac users are not getting it last. In some ways they are getting it first. Microsoft has taken the flip-flop approach with Office. One year it is for PC, the next year it is for Mac and they try to incorporate "best" features of each release into the next year/platform release.
Examples:
Office 97 - PC
Office 98 - Mac
Office 2000 - PC
Office 2001 - Mac
Office XP - PC
Office v.X - Mac
Office 2003 - PC
Office 2004 - Mac
Office 2007 - PC
Office 2008 - Mac
and so on...
You could also look at it this way:
Until January, Mac users had the newest version of Office and the PC version was lagging behind! ;)