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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition provides a comprehensive suite of productivity tools designed to help you grow your business. Share files with colleagues, clients and 500 million Office users worldwide. You get 2008 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage, plus new, professionally designed business templates for quickly creating custom brochures, flyers and more.

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Overview

Packed with all the tools and features you need to make your vision a success, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition delivers core Office applications to help you manage your business, organize your data and present a professional image; plus new Exchange Server support and reliable Office for Windows compatibility that take productivity and collaboration to new heights.

What's new about Business Edition?

  • Microsoft Office Live Workspace Support for sharing files and collaborating on projects from virtually anywhere.
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services to store and share documents, calendars and more in one secure location.
  • Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition helps you stay in sync on all your devices.
  • Business templates, themes and clip art to put a professional gloss on your communications.
  • Remote Desktop for Mac 2 lets you connect from your Mac to a Windows-based PC for accessing files, applications and more.
  • Free video-based training to build your skills, whether you're a beginner or an advanced user.

 

Word

Word 2008

Create high-quality marketing materials like brochures and flyers with professionally designed, customizable templates. Add polish with business-oriented graphics and SmartArt illustrations.

PowerPoint

PowerPoint 2008

Give more polished, creative presentations while saving time. Move about easily with the Apple Remote and take advantage of such features as animation paths and animated GIFs.

Excel

Excel 2008

Get help with financial planning via updated sorting, formatting and charting tools, together with improved formula-builder and error-finding functions.

Entourage

Entourage 2008

Quickly create and track project-related emails, files, contacts and other details in one convenient location. Save your project on a server, and share it through Entourage 2008.

Collaborate and connect

Your ability to share and communicate with others—regardless of Mac or PC platform—is critical to your success. Reach customers, prospects and partners more effectively with Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition.

Create effectively

Bring your ideas to life, put more of your personality into your projects and represent your brand exactly the way you intend with Office design, marketing and communication tools.

Manage your business

Growing a small business can be more than a full-time job. That's why you get updated programs and features that are ready to go to work immediately, so you can operate more efficiently.

Upgrade eligibility

With the upgrade version of Business Edition you can upgrade from any 2004 or earlier Office Suite product or any 2004 or earlier version of a stand-alone Office Component product (such as Word or Excel).

System requirements

  • 500Mhz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel processor
  • Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
  • 512MB of RAM minimum
  • 2.3GB of free hard-disk space
  • HFS+ hard drive disk format
  • 1024 x 768 display monitor
  • DVD drive
  • Internet access for Entourage and certain features (fees may apply)

Note: For certain advanced functionality in Entourage 2008, you'll need connectivity to Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2007. To use the Web Services Edition of Entourage 2008, you'll need connectivity to Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1 RU4 or later.

What's in the box?

  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

Mfr. Part No.: GYD-0004

 

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  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

    5.0

    Excellent compatibility

    Written by SY from Keswick

    Oct 8, 2009

    I use Office at work and was easily able to port my files back and forth without any issues. Oddly enough though, I actually find Office easily to use on the Mac than Windows. Font issues that I had with Word in Windows are not present with the Mac Version. This is a good product and is not slapped together. For home use, also consider the home edition, which costs less. …More

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  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

    1.0

    Buyer beware

    Written by JH from Salisbury

    Oct 7, 2009

    Powerpoint is far more difficult to use than Apple Keynote - typing a presentation takes three times longer.
    Worse... is Excel. No VBA and the charts show the wrong values. Just google Excel 2008 problems or visit Excel 2008 on Mactopia, page after page after page of problems. I hate it , hate it , hate it. When it comes to showing incorrect numbers in Excel, that is unforgivable in my book …More

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  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

    2.0

    Excel is slow with large datasets

    Written by AA from Pasadena

    Oct 23, 2009

    I don't know what the issue is... but when you give Excel 2008 a large data set, it slows to a crawl when making a graph. Even my copy of Excel X, which is ~7 yrs old already is lightning fast compared to Excel 2008.

    I consider this to be a bug.     …More

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  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

    1.0

    *** Read before purchasing *** The ultimate in dysfunctional software

    Written by DM from PORTLAND

    Dec 21, 2009

    At every turn this software presented problems trying to bring data into it from the schedule, to the email, and even contacts.

    If you've ever experienced a horror in working with a Microsoft product, this one will live up to every one of your lowest expectations.

    If you really have to experience this rotten software for yourself, then download the trial version and you can start the horrible experience for yourself.     …More

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  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

    1.0

    Very disappointing

    Written by AH from Sacramento

    Nov 14, 2009

    Why include functionality in a product if you cannot use it in real life?!? I cannot believe how this was actually tested and released for public consumption. As you can see, I'm very frustrated with Office 2008, something that I need a lot for my work. …More

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  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: Business Edition

    1.0

    way more complicated than it needs to be.

    Written by DH from elgin

    Nov 5, 2009

    just dont bother with this product, iWork '09 is far better and less expensive!

    27 of 46 people found this useful

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  • When will Outlook be available for Mac
    • Asked by JD from San Jose
    • Oct 7, 2009
    Best Answer

    Next year end of 2010.

    • Answered by NP from Toronto
    • Oct 8, 2009
    • 10 of 10 people found this useful
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  • home and student edition to business edition upgrade
    • Asked by PH from Singapore
    • Oct 3, 2009
    Best Answer

    No you can't upgrade to Business from home and student.

    You can upgrade to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition if
    you are a licensed user of:
    • Any Office for Mac 98-2004 suite
    • Any Office for Mac 98-2004 standalone application (Excel, Word, or Powerpoint)

    Office 2008 for Mac editions do not qualify for upgrade pricing.     …More

    • Answered by NP from Toronto
    • Oct 8, 2009
    • 14 of 14 people found this useful
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  • can i use outlook, if so how?
    • Asked by KD
    • Oct 5, 2009
    Best Answer

    Entourage should act as a substitute for your outlook. However, if you have Snow Leopard it fully supports MS Exchange built right into Mail, Address Book, and iCal. Simply by entering your email address and password through the 'add account' section in Mail Preferences, you will have access to all of your email, folders, contacts, calendars, and task just moments from logging in. …More

    • Answered by RM from Spartanburg
    • Oct 6, 2009
    • 5 of 6 people found this useful
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