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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 dont try to highlight, copy and paste into a fresh word document either as that wont work. Also having saved as a docx saving it as a .doc was able to occur but when i faxed the .doc previous .docx file it still would not open. what i have had to do on the more than several occasions this occurred is to highlight, copy the script and paste directly into an email. That said, until a good proportion of the computer population take
up this product it is more labour intensive for the user and because of the .docx default prone to working day nightmares and really its embarrasing.
If you really have to buy it (for excel etc) then do a manual load and forget about word 08 until the carnage settled. for me, i have trashed the new word and reloaded the one i already had and the daily groans i sufferred over the 08 office era ceased immediately.