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Abysmal

1

out of 10

Tags:  Microsoft Corp., Business and productivity

FyreVortex

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Not that good...

May 4, 2008

Rating: 1 out of 10 (Abysmal)
Pros: It just... "Works".
Cons: Very slow.
Opinion:
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac isn't that good at all. It's too expensive and may be slow on some machines.

iWork '08 is a lot better than Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.

Maxy

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Microsoft Office Mac 2008

Apr 3, 2008

Rating: 1 out of 10 (Abysmal)
Pros: word computer screen appearance less busy and items on the tool bar easier to sight, the help function on word now goes automatically to the feature on the toolbar you are querying about
Cons: Word default docx file type incompatible with previous versions of ms word.
Opinion:
This review is only directed to the 08 office word facility given as of this date i have not regularly used other programs in the 08 package. For the past 3 weeks i have spent about 9-10 hrs a day, 5 days a week working with word and have intermediate knockledge of both mac & windows. When saving word files it defaults to a newly introduced file type, .docx (note the x). Until and unless the persons you are emailing this document to buy office 08 it is impossible, and i mean impossible for them to open. Hence when you save a file you must remember and I mean must remember to click on the format drop down box then click on the 1997-2004 office selection for it to save as a .doc. I cannot change the default (and i have tried) from .docx to .doc . once its saved as a .docx ... Read more

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