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 …More3614 of 4445 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
Solid Product
Written by RD from Greer
Nov 24, 2009
No one makes more comprehensive office software than Microsoft. If you wish to do much more than write a VERY simple letter or paper, or do an extremely BASIC spreadsheet, then I think this software is necessary. Though the programs may not run as smoothly on a mac, there is still no comparison for Microsoft's office. Yes, the interfacing is different than the current windows release of office software, but with an extensive help section I've found the learning curve to be pretty easy. …More
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Windows and Mac versions differ
Written by FB
Nov 24, 2009
I bought a Macbook Pro because I found it be lighter for business travel than my heavy IBM Thinkpad. I bought MS Office for the Mac thinking it was identical to the very powerful version for Windows. I was wrong and in subtle but important ways.
For example, it is not possible to conditionally format more than three items in Excel unlike Windows (Home Office 2007). This is a real pain. Even more of a pain is the Acrobat conversion facility in Word does not convert the text document into one file if there are landscape an portrait sections combined in one doc. It outputs as many pdf files as there are sections. Thank goodness I have the Windows version of Office and it outputs the pdf file perfectly. The conversion works fine in Powerpoint.
As part of my work habits I routinely use styles in Word. However, when I try to convert a Word 2007 document to Word 95 the conversion introduces what appears to be a bug: second lines of paragraphs have an extra bit of hanging indent than the first line. There is nothing I can do to make this conversion work properly. But guess what? It works perfectly in Windows. Finally, there is no Outlook for the Mac. Entourage will not work with Exchange Server unless you buy the Pro version of Office at significantly more money.
Otherwise, the app works fine, but these issues should not happen. I fail to understand why Apple would not work with Microsoft to ensure 100% compatibility between Mac and Windows versions of Office. …More15 of 16 people found this useful
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Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition
Hard at first but i fixed the problem
Written by LA from bronx
Nov 21, 2009
i got my macbook pro in July 2009 and i bought office 2008 in august. At first, i was having problems with it. Everytime i loaded it, it said something about troubleshooting problems. what i did is i re-installed it and now it works perfectly. …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
- 88 of 89 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
No.
- Answered by TC from Sacramento
- Oct 19, 2009
- 9 of 13 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
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Most Recent
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What is the difference between the MS office standard edition and the home/student edition?
- Asked by KJ from Broken Bow
- Nov 20, 2009
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how many computers can this be installed on?
- Asked by LH from Cherry Hills Village
- Nov 19, 2009
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If I buy MS Office 2008, but need to use Office 2004 version for compatibility with Chemdraw program, can I load 2004 with Office 2008 lic#?
- Asked by MP from Newmarket
- Nov 18, 2009
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Is there a student discount for Office 2008 Home and Student Edition
- Asked by KM from Saint Paul
- Nov 17, 2009
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I own Office 2004 for Mac, what is the cost of upgrading to Office 2008 for Mac?
- Asked by TY from Dallas
- Nov 17, 2009
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Is there any version of Office for Mac that has macro writing for Excel?
- Asked by JS from Cranbury
- Nov 17, 2009
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Can I buy just one product or do I have to buy a pack of 3?
- Asked by SL from Cumberland
- Nov 16, 2009
