Posts tagged office

Office for Mac 2008 Trial

Microsoft has announced that Office for Mac 2008 is now available from MacTopia as a 30 day trial. I believe that it has had fewer upgrades from 2004 than expected, even if the sales to switchers are good. Continue reading »

Solver for Macintosh Excel 2008

As you may be aware, Microsoft Excel for Mac 2008 has dropped several important features that we available in previous versions. Solver is one of them. (VBA is the major one.) Continue reading »

OpenOffice on Mac – Installing and Tuning

The author of this article give tips for users of OpenOffice on the Mac. Continue reading »

App Guide for Switchers

Apple says that over 50% of the people who purchase a Mac at the Apple Store, did not own a Mac when they entered. Therefore, we are seeing a number of web sites that try to be a guide for switchers. Continue reading »

Microsoft Updates Macintosh Office

Microsoft has issued updates for both 2004 and 2008 versions of Office for the Mac. Continue reading »

Lotus Symphony 1.2 Mac OS X beta

Wow!! Imagine a new version of Lotus Symphony for the Mac. I remember when Lotus announced Modern Jazz for the Mac, but never delivered after Microsoft Excel took off so well. Modern Jazz for the Mac and Symphony for the PC had one big limitation that kept it from selling. No Macros. Continue reading »

Microsoft Mac BU gets new head

Last Friday, Microsoft announced that Eric Wilfrid will take over the leadership of its Macintosh Business Unit. Continue reading »

Office 2008 survival guide

Have you upgraded to Office 2008 for Macintosh? If so, you should read this article at Macworld magazine. It is written in a Q&A format, with some interesting answers for those who haven’t followed the developments in the latest version of Office. Continue reading »

Save on Microsoft Office Purchase

Of course most people save money with Office by purchasing the Home and Student edition. But then some people still need Exchange connectivity and/or macros. Therefore they need the more expensive versions. Continue reading »

Entourage Help Page

I have never used Entourage, but I can see why some people would and this site looks like a good resource for those people. Continue reading »

Tutorials for Microsoft Office for Mac 2008

You may not have looked Office for Mac 2008, but while much of it is similar to the 2004 version, there are a number of new features that will become familiar more quickly using these tutorials. Continue reading »

Microsoft Mac Updates

I just visited Mactopia.com and looked at the latest updates from Microsoft. There were several downloads that users of Mac versions of Office should know about. Continue reading »

OpenOffice

OpenOffice has been mentioned here several times as an Alternative to Microsoft’s products. Currently for the Macintosh, OpenOffice comes in two flavors even if one of them is still in beta. Continue reading »

Windows on Mac

MacWorld has a series of articles about running Windows on a Mac. Continue reading »

Zoho

We have been hearing about Internet applications for some time. Some people refer to this as “computing in the cloud.” Zoho is a web site that gives you a lot of these type of apps. Continue reading »