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.
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
Jan 15, 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
Jan 17, 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 …More3683 of 4518 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
Jan 18, 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
Awesome
Written by TB from Bell Canyon
Dec 19, 2009
This program is the best in the whole wide world!
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
A massive disappointment
Written by SF from Cambridge
Dec 18, 2009
I only switched to mac a few months ago so have had 2 years working with Office 2007 which was fantastic - brilliant user interfaces and wonderfully intuitive to use. Office 2008 has been a complete let down - finding tools and features which I've become accustomed to using in Office 2007 is difficult and time consuming. Not only is the user interface terrible, but excel 2008 is totally unable to cope with the more computer intensive files - anything with a high number of formula calculations and worksheets crashes excel 08 every time whereas excel 07 copes brilliantly. A massive disappointment. …More
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Good.. but not for the price!
Written by JW from JEWETT CITY
Dec 17, 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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Questions & Answers
Most Interesting
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How many downloads per product?
- Asked by ML from Philadelphia
- Oct 6, 2009
Best Answer
You can download it, on up to three macs.
- Answered by WK from Teaneck
- Oct 6, 2009
- 125 of 126 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
- Oct 17, 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
- Nov 17, 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
- Oct 7, 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
- Oct 12, 2009
- 26 of 26 people found this useful
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Most Recent
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I own Mac office 2008 and have it installed on three computers. Can I buy one more license? I am getting my daughter a mac for christmas.
- Asked by JP from Auburn
- Dec 19, 2009
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If I buy this software and received an email that is a Microsoft Word Document, can I open it on my Mac despite it being a Microsoft Word Document?
- Asked by AS from Coolangatta
- Dec 17, 2009
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Will installing Office on my macbook pro 2GB 13.3" make it run slow considering that the program states it needs 1.5 GB to install the program?
- Asked by JB from Littleton
- Dec 17, 2009
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Can the Office 2008 version of Word save/open .docx files?
- Asked by ML from Columbus
- Dec 17, 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
- Dec 15, 2009
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can i buy another license so i can use it on 4 macs?
- Asked by GA from manchester
- Dec 15, 2009
