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Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Business Edition |  | From: Microsoft Software Category: Software
List Price: $399.95 Buy New: $175.00 as of 9/8/2010 20:34 CDT details You Save: $224.95 (56%)
Seller: Robin Khamsi Rating: 53 reviews
Format: DVD-ROM Platform: Mac OS X Media: DVD-ROM Autographed: No Memorabilia: No Number Of Items: 1 Operating System: Mac OS X Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 1.3
MPN: GYD-00001 Model: GYD-00001 UPC: 882224897150 EAN: 0882224897150
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| • | Develop professional documents with Word building blocks and commonly-used business templates | | • | Build informative, accurate spreadsheets with easy-to-use, preformatted Excel formulas | | • | Manage e-mail, daily appointments and tasks with Entourage | | • | Apply SmartArt graphics to create polished presentations and reports | | • | Connect with others through Microsoft Office Exchange Server support |
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Product Description OFFICE MAC BUSINESS ED 2008 MACDVD ENGLISH DVD
Amazon.com Product Description Your business is everything to you--an extension of your life, an expression of your passion. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition is packed with all the tools and features you need to make your vision a success. Get 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 the next level. Manage business today while you plan for tomorrow with Excel. Click to enlarge. | Give more polished, creative presentations with PowerPoint. Click to enlarge. | Create high-quality marketing materials like brochures, newsletters, flyers and more with Word. Click to enlarge. | My Day in Entourage 2008 provides a real-time snapshot of your schedule and to-do lists so you stay on track and on time. Click to enlarge. | With Publishing Layout View, you can proof and edit your documents precisely so they print without surprises. Click to enlarge. | Our best Office for your best business. Only Office gives you this much compatibility. Confidently share files with colleagues and clients no matter what version of Office they're running, even if they use Office for Windows. Choose software that grows with your business. Get a powerful suite designed to keep up with your company's growth. Find what basic users need and advanced users demand in one comprehensive package. Save time and money with the world's most familiar software. Choosing familiar software can be a great way to reduce time and money on training. Get up and running faster, and allocate the resources you save to other important areas of your business. Upgrade and save. You may be eligible to upgrade to Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition at a special discounted price. Licensed users of any Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition suite or application, or any Office for Mac 2001-2004 suite or application, are eligible for the discount. Plus, get Business Edition extras like Exchange Server support and Office Live Workspace to help you manage, create and collaborate more effectively and easily. What's New About Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition? Microsoft Office Live Workspace Support Share files and collaborate on projects from virtually anywhere. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Store and share documents, contacts, calendars and tasks in a single secure location. Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition Stay in sync on all your devices with Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition. Unlock the power of Microsoft Exchange Server (2007 or later versions) so you can sync your email, calendar and notes, between your desktop, laptop and Windows-based mobile phone. Business templates, themes, and clip art Look your most professional with customizable business templates that can make brochures, newsletters, and flyers stand out from the crowd. Apply your personal brand to any document with themes, then add the finishing touch with business-right illustrations and clip art. Remote Desktop for Mac 2 Connect from your Mac to your Windows-based PC quickly and access files, applications, devices and networks with advanced security technology. Free product training Build your skills with beginner to advanced video based training from Lynda.com. Highlights and Features 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. - Stay in touch while on the go
Sync your email, calendar and contacts via your in-house Exchange Server with ActiveSync. - Count on cross-platform compatibility
Use the same file format as Office for Windows and rely on a sophisticated graphics engine to help ensure accurate, consistent file sharing and printing. - Access and share your files online
Microsoft Office Live Workspace is a security-enhanced "virtual headquarters" where you can share work and collaborate online. For more complex projects, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services support enables you store and share documents, contacts, calendars and tasks in a single secure location. - Drive your Windows-based PC from the comfort of your Mac
With Remote Desktop for Mac 2, you can quickly connect to your Windows-based PC to access files, applications, devices and networks. - Take your show on the road
Export presentations to your iPod or iPhone with PowerPoint 2008. Share your ideas or hold impromptu rehearsals wherever life takes you. Create Effectively Bring your ideas to life, put more of your personality into your projects and represent your brand exactly the way you intend. Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition gives you the design, marketing and communication tools to help you create professional-looking business materials you'll be proud of. - Print-ready documents are a snap
Save money, time and paper. Simple desktop publishing features in Word 2008 let you create high-quality newsletters, brochures and flyers. With Publishing Layout View, you can proof and edit your documents precisely so they print without surprises. - Discover the flexibility of Word 2008
Use the Outline view to organize all your information into a convenient, flexible format, or choose Notebook Layout View to capture text and audio notes on multiple topics. - Work faster with your favorite tools
Whether you're working in Word 2008, Excel 2008 or PowerPoint 2008, the Elements Gallery puts your most commonly used tools and functions at your fingertips so you can create documents more quickly. - Quickly create and customize common business documents
Start with updated templates in Word and Excel 2008, then get creative with easy-to-use Document Elements, Word Art and SmartArt tools. Add your personal brand to any document with Themes, using fonts, colors and graphics you choose and apply with a single click. - Personalize mass mailings easily and efficiently
The Mail Merge feature in Word 2008 lets you efficiently create materials for all your clients, so you can send a personal touch every time. Manage Your Business Growing a small business can be more than a full-time job. That's why Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition has updated programs and features that are ready to go to work immediately to help you save time and operate more professionally. - Keep every day on track
My Day in Entourage 2008 provides a real-time snapshot of your schedule and to-do lists so you stay on track and on time. - Stay in sync, anywhere, anytime
With Entourage 2008, your team can access and manage their email and calendars from any web connection--via Mac, PC or a Windows-based mobile device. With Office Live Workspace, they can quickly launch online folders tailored to the unique needs of each project. Now it's easy to co-author documents and share feedback anytime, online. - Take control of your business finances
Excel 2008 can help you manage your business finances like a pro. Clear, accessible templates, plus enhanced calculation and analysis functions, make it easier to monitor sales and billings. Included Applications - Word 2008 enables you to expand your creativity with confidence. Create high-quality marketing materials like brochures, newsletters, flyers and more with professionally designed, customizable templates. Even add cover pages and bibliographies. Add polish with business-right illustrations using SmartArt and hundreds of specially designed, business-oriented graphics.
- PowerPoint 2008 makes it easy to present like a pro. Give more polished, creative presentations. Save time and manage presentations better with Presenter Tools. Move about easily with Apple Remote and engage your audience while keeping your presentation running smoothly. Enhanced features like animation paths and animated GIFs are sure to make an impression.
- Excel 2008 helps you manage business today while you plan for tomorrow. Business growth requires financial planning, and Excel 2008 can help you reach your goals. Updated sorting, formatting and charting tools, together with improved formula-builder and error-finding functions, help you track your progress.
- Entourage 2008 empowers you to take control of project details. Project Center lets you quickly create, customize and track project-related emails, files, contacts and other important details, in one convenient location. Save your project on your server, and share the information through Entourage 2008.
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Full Featured Application December 16, 2009 Loves Books (Maryland USA) 13 out of 16 found this review helpful
Most people are familiar with at least some parts of Microsoft Office... Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. These programs have been around for years and Microsoft keeps adding new features with each new version. There are just too many features to go into here. For more specific info go to: [...]
What I will do here is go over the differences between the "Home and Student" and the "Business" versions as well as point out some new features found in Office 2008. The Home and Student" version includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Messenger, Entourage, and Live Workspace Support. While most people know what the first four apps do, the last two might need explaining. Live Workspace is Microsoft's online storage and file sharing product. You can access your files from any computer and even make them available to other people. I don't use this so I can't comment on it. Entourage is Microsoft's email client (like Outlook on the PC). The "Home and Student" version of Entourage has one big limitation. It doesn't support Microsoft Exchange Server. Exchange is Microsoft's email server and is used by many businesses. If you want to take your Mac into work, plug it into your company's network, and use a full featured email program, you need the "Business" version to connect to an Exchange mail system. This is the biggest reason for buying the "Business Edition".
The "Business"edition adds the following services:
1. Microsoft Sharepoint support. This is one of those features that if you don't know what it is, you probably don't need it. Sharepoint is a server app that allows file sharing services over the internet. A lot of medium to large business use it.
2. Entourage Web Services Edition. In addition to supporting Exchange, it also adds syncing tasks, notes, etc. over the internet.
3. Remote Desktop for Mac. This app lets you take over your PC and remotely use it on your Mac.
No matter which version you buy, Office has proven itself over the years to be a stable and full featured set of applications.
A Program You'll Get Miles and Miles of Use Out of December 8, 2009 Ophella Paige (Reno, Nevada) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Right off the bat there is a couple things you want to do right after you install Office for Mac 2008 and you can do them both in Office's preferences. One, you want to change the program so it's save your Word docs in, well, the .doc format, instead of Words new, not compatible with anything else format, docx. Second you want to set the prefs to get rid of that annoying as all get out Project Gallery. Go the the settings tab and uncheck the "Show Project Gallery at Startup" box. You'll be glad you did.
I guess I'm one of those rare people who really likes Vista (I just can't see a reason to upgrade to Windows 7 yet on the Windows side of my MacBook), so I don't object at all to the Vista like icons which ride on top of the Word documents in the new interface, but if all that stuff on top of your document bothers you, don't worry, you can turn them all off as all of those commands can be accessed via the menu items or the tools palette.
The toolbox is in a separate window which has the tools palettes in it which let you manage things like Fonts and Styles or Alignment and Numbering or Margins or Borders. And one thing I really like about this version of Word is how easy it is to add pictures. Just drag `em onto your document and there they are. What could be simpler. Okay, you could do that before, but heck, it's nifty as all get out. You can also use the object palette to add clip art and the program comes with lots of it.
Word also has a great layout modes which makes publishing a newsletter or making flyers for your local PTA event easy peasy.
This program is very, very Mac like which you'll see and appreciate once you open the preferences panel. Amazing, it looks just like and works just like the systems preferences. I know a lot of this might be hard for a lot of Apple fans to swallow (and I am an Apple fan), because many of them (us) view or have viewed Microsoft as the enemy and they'd (we'd) go searching for anything we could find to replace a Microsoft program. Well, I'm here to say you (we) don't have to do that anymore. Microsoft has become the Mac's new best friend and this is a program that you will get miles and miles of use out of.
A Very Nice Fit with My Mac December 10, 2009 Maggie Mae (Memphis, Tennessee) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A lot reviews that I see in software magazines start out by listing the good, then the bad parts about a program or an upgrade. I could do that here, but I've been using Office 2008 for quite a while and I haven't discovered the bad. The program installed on my Mac without a hitch and just works.
I can't compare Office 2008 to prior versions on the Mac, because until this version, I've been using a program called Nisus Writer which I've been using for years and years. It's a very nice program and does everything you'd want a word processor to do. Well, not quite everything. It's supposed to be able to open Word docs, and it does, but the headers and footers come out all messed up.
I like the interface. I like the easy of use, of course I'm not a novice. Just the fact that Microsoft put so much time and effort into this program makes me feel that the Mac is going to be around for a long time to come. After all, If Microsoft believes in the Mac, then it's bound to survive.
A Fine Edition of a Fine Product December 13, 2009 Sara Hackett (from the Darkside) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Past versions of Office installed the old fashioned Mac way, you dragged the program to your hard drive and presto, you were installed. Not so anymore. Now, like everything else in the Mac universe (the Windows universe as well) Microsoft has added an installer program, which not only installs, but uninstalls your older version of Office.
As for the applications in Office, Word is the one I use most and almost exclusively, but if you're like me, I'd recommend Office instead of Word as a standalone, as it's not that much more and you never know when you're going to need to use Excel. Hey, now you can balance you checkbook with it with easy as all get out (wasn't so easy before), so you just might find you'll use it more than you'd think.
Back to Word, I use it all day, everyday, and I wouldn't say I'm in love with it, because to me it means work and who likes work? Not me, I'd rather be away from my computer any day, but I've go this bad habit I need to support, I like to eat and Word just plain simply makes it easier for me to get my work done. I've tried other word processors, from the nice Mellel to Apple's Pages, but I always come back to Word. I suppose because I know and understand it. Better the devil you know. However, Word is no longer a devil. It's pretty intuitive now. I know, shocker of shockers, hard to believe, but Microsoft's Mac Business Unit have really cooked up a winner here. I think so anyway.
If you were a Word 2004 user you might miss all those toolbars, I don't miss `em in the least, but if you do, you can get them back. You can make 2008 look just like 2004 if you want, but who'd want to. I like the new palettes and heck I've long ago learned all the menu commands, so who needs a toolbar or palette anyway?
All that said, I'm not all that pleased with the new docx which is Word's new default way to save your work. I changed it back to doc in preferences. I don't know why Microsoft did this, but I'm betting they have a secret reason that's going to be revealed at a later day that will blow everybody away, but until then I'll be saving in doc format so that all my work is compatible.
Entourage is another program I never use, but I played around with it and I like the My Day floating app. It's now my exclusive calendar program and though I never used to make to do lists, I do now. I could go on raving about this version of Word, I really, really like it, but I think you've probably figured that out by now. In conclusion this is a fine edition of a fine product which is now more Mac like than ever. Check it out, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Me likes December 16, 2009 Mr. Fantastic (Greensboro, NC) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I use this almost entirely for spreadsheets and I'm pleased. The big improvement that I see is the comtability with PC Microsoft office and Outlook. Which this is a really nice upgrade, I don't really have the need for this feature. I'm propably only using the home and student features, but I do like having the extra features. Over all I think that this whole package is well designed. I guess I'm more of a casual user because I do not notice a lot of the flaws that others have pointed out. I'll update my review if I see anything else, but so far I'm very pleased.
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