Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Homework and home work will be easier than ever with Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition. Get better results faster and create high-quality documents you can be proud of.
- Full suite of tools to maximize productivity
- Produce fully Mac and Windows compatible docs and presentations
- Hundreds of template to inform your designs
- Great for all knowledge levels - novice to pro
Overview
Simplify Your Work
Your presentation will make an impact. Your documents will be professional. Your analysis will be insightful. And Office 2008 will be there.
The latest version of the industry standard for productivity software on the Macintosh platform. Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac is more powerful and easier to use. Office 2008 combines Microsoft Word for Mac, Microsoft Power-Point® for Mac, Microsoft Excel® for Mac, Microsoft Entourage® for Mac, and Microsoft Messenger for Mac and lets you easily create high-impact documents and seamlessly share your ideas with others, whether they are on the Mac or Windows® platform.
Word 2008
Powerful new tools, more than 100 designer templates, rich themes, and an intuitive user interface will help you make your ideas look as good as they are. The Publishing Layout View workspace lets you create incredibly rich documents such as newsletters and brochures without a degree in design.
Excel 2008
It's a numbers game. With Excel 2008, analyze, share, and manage your data, and easily create persuasive charts and thought-provoking graphs for powerful results. This now can be done through prebuilt functions that tackle the most common tasks and make creating error-free complex formulas as well as charting improvements artfully that convey the message your data is telling.
PowerPoint 2008
Your presentation is a story that PowerPoint will illustrate exquisitely. Its compelling visuals and engaging layouts will inspire your audience's imagination. SmartArt graphics let you bring a blank slide to life with stunning charts, maps, and diagrams at the click of a button.
Entourage 2008
Your emails will spark ideas, you'll schedule meetings where creativity abounds. Entourage 2008, the hub of Office 2008, helps it to happen, one task at a time. My Day keeps you connected to the action with schedules, tasks, and priorities in one clear, stand-alone interface.
Exchange Server support
If your organization has Exchange Server, Office 2008 for Mac offers a variety of features that help make business as usual even easier. Out of Office messaging lets you keep everyone in the loop while you're away. Kerberos Single Sign On Authentication allows users to set up email accounts more cleanly. And managed folders help your IT managers meet archival requirements with a minimum of stress.
Messenger for Mac
Convenience is the name of the game when you want to communicate with family and friends from one place. This Universal application gives you more ways to share what's on your mind. Includes interoperability with Yahoo! Messenger, a spelling checker, and secure business messaging.
Full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage
Universal Binary support for Intel and PowerPC-based Macs
Most Useful Reviews
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
No VBA, great interface
Written by GL from Sacramento
15-Jan-2008
There's some pronounced pluses, but a big minus for power users like me.
Plus #1 is that it's Universal. As someone who runs a MacBook pro, I found that to be a huge plus. The speed improvement is noticeable.
Plus #2 is the interface. It's REALLY smooth, intuitive, and well-done.
Plus #3 is PowerPoint. The makeover is just right.
The big minus is no VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). If you use VBA to automate processes in Office, it's gone from 2008. Not coming back.
But if you don't need VBA, and have never used it, it's well worth it.
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Major Glitches
Written by JP from Portland
17-Jan-2008
Often times when other applications like Safari or iTunes are open in conjunction with word or powerpoint, the office application "unexpectedly closes."
Great new features, but still waiting for an update from apple that will fix this extremely obnoxious problem …More3676 of 4511 people found this useful
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Excel 2008 not for power users
Written by RJ from Sierra Madre
18-Jan-2008
The elimination of VBA from Excel 2008 means that users who depend on features like Solver, histograms, extended statistical analyses (such as ANOVA), and custom VBA enhancements are left out in the cold. We are left with two options: (1)stay with Excel 2004 or (2)buy the Windows version (Excel 2007). The first option penalizes Intel-based Mac users with reduced performance. I've reluctantly gone with the second option - which requires Vista or XP and Parallels (or similar program). The other problem with this approach is the new "Ribbon" interface to the Office products. Expect to lose a couple of weeks of productivity as your learn how to locate your favorite functions. …More
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Most Recent Reviews
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Good.. but not for the price!
Written by JW from JEWETT CITY
17-Dec-2009
Office is very good and can be used anywhere, but something like iWork is far more useful. It does not slow down your mac and can be used with office documents. AND.. it's only $80!!! Amazing features too... impressive. …More
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
There is a reason for the low reviews
Written by MD from HOOD RIVER
16-Dec-2009
The best part of office for mac is the compatibility. I need to make documents that work on PC/ (office for PC).
I recently converted to mac and couldnt be happier. I bought MSoft Office because thats all I knew for PC. I passively chose Microsoft Office for Mac. The software is similar to the PC version but it feels wrong. I had to re-navigate the whole list of toolbars and functions to find simple commands. The program is logical and requires common sense to navigate the titles. Esoteric commands are difficult to find without help.
The word processing components are behind the quality of Microsoft Office 2007 for PC.
I went to Mac to get away from PC / microsoft systems. Adding Msoft Office to my mac is a big oxy moron. Its like this. "I currently live downtown by a loud bustling city center. I want to move to Hawaii and windsurf for the rest of my life. I move to Hawaii but live downtown right next to a bustling city center." …MoreWas this useful?
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Effective and affordable for college students.
Written by AP from Fredonia
10-Dec-2009
I am a freshman college student and when I bought my new macbook pro, i got this. It is great. It helps me do the work i need to do and be able to save it to a flash drive and print it in the schools library. This is what i prefer to do instead of having to buy a new printer and constantly buy new ink and paper. I'm a college student for god's sake, i don't have any money. I don't know how i would have survived my first semester without Microsoft office. I would have flunked out i bet.. …More
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Questions & Answers
Most Interesting
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How many downloads per product?
- Asked by ML from Philadelphia
- 6-Oct-2009
Best Answer
You can download it, on up to three macs.
- Answered by WK from Teaneck
- 6-Oct-2009
- 122 of 123 people found this useful
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Will installing Microsoft Office for Mac on my iMac make it vulnerable to viruses??
- Asked by FM from Palm Desert
- 17-Oct-2009
Best Answer
Yes and No.
The Mac Operating System will not be vulnerable.
Your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents will be very vulnerable. A virus that infects Microsoft Office documents on a Mac could prevent printing and could cause trouble with sending emails that involve infected documents. You could easily get infected and spread the virus to any Windows user. …More- Answered by PS from Raleigh
- 17-Nov-2009
- 18 of 19 people found this useful
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can you use a pc's microsoft work and use it on a mac
- Asked by FT from norwalk
- 7-Oct-2009
Best Answer
If you mean can you open saved work created though the PC Version of office on a MAC then the answer to that is Yes. (This includes the 2008 PC Version as well as previous versions of office).
If your question was can you install a PC Version of office on a MAC then this is no unless you have a a copy of windows on your mac (Bootcamp etc).
Hope that helps you. …More- Answered by GH from Hockley
- 12-Oct-2009
- 25 of 25 people found this useful
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Most Recent
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Can the Office 2008 version of Word save/open .docx files?
- Asked by ML from Columbus
- 17-Dec-2009
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Does Office 2008 for Mac have the 'ribbon bar' tools like MS Office 2007 has?
- Asked by VT from Greensburg
- 15-Dec-2009
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can i buy another license so i can use it on 4 macs?
- Asked by GA from manchester
- 15-Dec-2009
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does this already have invoice's on it for small business
- Asked by RT from Rabun Gap
- 14-Dec-2009
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Will Office 2008 for Mac have the same look and feel and all functionality on my iMac, exactly as if I were using Office (Excel & Word) on a PC ?
- Asked by BM from CHILMARK
- 14-Dec-2009
