



The Special Media Edition ($500 upgrade price $300) adds the Expression Media digital asset management system, which works with a Microsoft Exchange server. The standard product ($400 upgrade price $240) includes Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008 and Entourage 2008. Office 2008 for Mac comes in three different flavors. But it certainly beats driving an old Chevy. It's not going to turn heads like a Prius or a Smart car would.
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If there were features in Word, Excel or PowerPoint that you never knew about or just couldn't figure out how to use, chances are Office 2008 will either help you find them or help you use them.Īfter three weeks spent with the final beta of Office 2008, I'd say it's kind of like getting a new Chevy. has focused - mostly successfully - on making what's already there more accessible and easier to use. There are established expectations of what users should be able to do with the programs, legacy documents that need to be able to opened and a world of Windows Office users whom Mac users need to exchange files with.Īs a result, instead of drastically rethinking its Office suite, Microsoft Corp. The weight of history is too great to allow any really radical changes. Well, it's safe to say that no one will really be startled by the way Office 2008 has turned out.
