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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Reviews

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$109.00

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 offers good looks that encompass deeper features than other Mac... (cnet.com)

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 offers good looks that encompass deeper features than other Mac... (zdnet.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

We have collected and analyzed 27 expert reviews and 384 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 78/100 and users rate it 55/100. The average review date is September 16, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 32787 reviews from other Business. The alaScore™ for this product is 92/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE 92

920100

411 reviews

November, 2009

78 / 100

27 Experts

Product Age

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new

55 / 100

384 Users

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Rank  17

from $109.00

Expert Reviews (27)

US

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008

By (cnet.com)

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 ...

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 is pricey ; saves work in new file formats by default ; Excel drops Visual Basic support ; features don't match the depth of those in Office 2007 for Windows

Office for Mac 2008 may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less costly alternatives.

Office for Mac includes Word, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for...

Rating

78100

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cnet.com
US

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Critical Update

By Todd Ogasawara (geek.com)

The 12.1.2 update for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac includes a patch for a critical Excel 2008 security problem. The download weighed in at 491MB for me so depending on your downstream speed, it may take a while to get the file. Of the Excel 2008 ...

No rating

geek.com
US

Microsoft Office 2008

By Robert Strohmeyer (maclife.com)

Does Office 2008 deliver the goods?

Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML) is the new default file format for all apps...

Rating

100100

maclife.com

User Reviews (384)

US

"What about the English lexicon?"

By NomsNoms (cnet.com)

I don't understand why Microsoft Word repeate... 

I like the spacing that isn't quite 1, but isn't 2

Yet, it can be really tricky to keep the spacing you want sometimes when Word seems to have a mind of its own

US

"Not worth buying."

By noahmf (cnet.com)

If you need an office suite and don't already... 

Less prone to crashing than the 2004 version

No real new features. The 2007 version for Windows is by far better and it's unfortunate that Microsoft doesn't develop the Mac version as well as the Windows version

US

"Office 2008 = FAIL!"

By surfboy90291 (cnet.com)

Office 2008 for Mac feels intentionally cripp... 

Reads and writes new MS Office formats. although anyone using Office 2007 will find HUGE compatibility issues when sharing documents with Office 2008 for Mac

Only 250 characters? Not nearly enough. Suffice it to say if you have to share documents (especially spreadsheets) with users of Office 2007, DO NOT BUY THIS PACKAGE. Invest in Parallels or Fusion and install Office 2007 instead

Manufacturer's Description

Look great with Office 2008! With beautiful documents, spreadsheets, and multimedia presentations, you can quickly create, manage, and re-use content across any platform. MICROSOFT ACADEMIC SELECT LICENSE Microsoft Academic Select License offers medium-to-large educational institutions a flexible, volume-based program designed to help reduce your total cost of software ownership. Academic Select makes it easy to acquire licenses for Microsoft products on an ongoing basis and best serves...

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