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  • MS Office 2008 SP2: The Upgrade Tango

    Or, “When Things Fall Apart.” And boy can things fall apart when you install the SP2/12.2.0 upgrade to Office for Mac 2008. To begin with, unless you absolutely have to upgrade, it is definitely a good idea to wait.  There are some serious issues here, which Microsoft will hopefully address soon—showstopper issues that can create significant headaches for Office users.  Everybody got their dancing shoes on?  Good, let’s begin the tango with a look at…

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Balmer: Macs “... don’t really get full Microsoft Office.”

by Bill Stiteler on Oct 13, 2008 at 07:30 PM

Steve Ballmer runs the world’s largest software company. They make the world’s most-used operating system, and the most-used office productivity software. His job is to sell more of this software. And he would like you to know that the Mac version of the software his company sells, well, it more… Continue Reading »

OpenOffice 3 brings native version to Mac OS X

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 13, 2008 at 06:00 PM

OpenOffice has released version 3 of its open-source alternative to the Microsoft Office suite of applications, which now includes a native version for Mac OS X. The new OpenOffice 3 includes the following new features: ODF 1.2 Support Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters Solver component which allows solving optimization problems… Continue Reading »

Documents To Go added to a new platform: the iPhone

by Juan Gonzalez on Sep 17, 2008 at 12:03 PM

DataViz a few years ago released a very promising product called Documents To Go. The main idea behind this application was to give mobile users the chance to manipulate Microsoft Office documents on a portable device. It was the days when the Palm m100 just got out—when mobile devices without… Continue Reading »

Solver for Excel 2008 available

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Aug 31, 2008 at 01:24 PM

After leaving it out of Office 2008 along with Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft has returned Solver to Excel 2008. Prior to this addition, Office users would have to use Office 2004 for Excel if they needed solver, defeating the purpose of having Office 2008 on the system. It is… Continue Reading »

Office 2004 and 2008 Updated

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Jun 24, 2008 at 10:35 PM

On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled new updates to its Office 2004 and 2008 programs. Office 2004 version 11.5.0 adds an update to the Open XML File Converter, allowing for compatibility with the randomly changed file formats of Office 2007 for Windows and Office 2008 for Mac. Office 2008 12.1.1 offers improvements… Continue Reading »

Microsoft’s Mac business unit starts expansion

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Jun 24, 2008 at 10:33 PM

In what general manager of the Mac business unit Craig Eisler says is the “...biggest hiring initiative since the inception of MacBU eleven years ago,” Microsoft’s Mac BU is expanding. In a blog post on the “Mac Mojo” blog, Eisler wrote that the Mac BU is “...hard at work planning… Continue Reading »

Jonathan Blum somehow assumes Automator is part of Office

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Jun 24, 2008 at 09:53 PM

I was all set to be made happy by Jonathan Blum’s latest article, “Mac Automator a no-brainer for Small Biz.” The first paragraph indulged me. In it, Blum talks about the ridiculousness of the Mac vs. PC debate, and leads into his biggest draw to the Mac: Automator. Then, the… Continue Reading »

Two quick reasons to get iWork over MS Office

by Josh Holat on May 12, 2008 at 07:33 AM

iWork and MS Office are both great apps depending on your needs and wants.  MS Office is great for people who need to have compatibility with Windows users and iWork is a great addition to the rest of the Mac apps.  So the question is, which one should you get? … Continue Reading »

Easter mEgg Hunt reveals list of participants

by Nicholas Montgomery on Mar 21, 2008 at 10:04 AM

The mEgg Hunt, “brings seasonal fun” where Mac users will surf a Mac developer’s site and try to find an egg. Once they find an egg they’ll receive a code towards 20% off the purchase of the software. The Easter mEgg Hunt just revealed the list of participants, so once… Continue Reading »

Bento passes 250,000 downloads

by Nicholas Montgomery on Mar 20, 2008 at 03:58 PM

Filemaker, the company behind the new application Bento, just announced that they passed 250 000 downloads. Bento is a $49 application for Leopard only, that is an organizational tool designed to manage your life and everything inside it. The app has neat and handy features like built-in links to Address… Continue Reading »

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