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MacBU Posts Office 2008 for Mac Sneak Peek #2

MacBU Posts Office 2008 for Mac Sneak Peek #2

by , 5:05 PM EDT, October 2nd, 2007

The Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) has posted its second Microsoft Office 2008 Sneak Peek. The focus of this segment is the Toolbox.

"The Toolbox has been revamped to become a true one-stop destination for some of the most useful tools in Office for Mac. Incorporating the original Office for Mac Toolbox and Formatting Palette into a single UI, this Mac-only feature will continue to give users instant access to the tools they need, including Object Palette, Animation Settings, Citations, and Formula Builder," Microsoft said.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is scheduled for "release to manufacture" (RTM) in December and ship on January 15th, 2008.

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Close Name:Guest
Subject: Gah

So, no new formatting features, they just moved everything around so you have to re-discover where everything is. That's GGGRRRRREEEEAAAATTTT!

Hopefully, it'll also be context sensitive, so you won't be able to find what you're looking for unless the right element happens to be selected.

Close Name:jbruni Posts: 105 Joined: 14 Jul 2006
Subject: Desperate

Microsoft is desperate to try to keep people interested in Office. Numbers rocks, and effectively eliminates any remaining need I had for MS Office. Being able to work with spreadsheets sent to me from other Windoze drones was the last tie.

Close Name:Bosco Posts: 1002 Joined: 03 Jun 2002
Subject: I think there is a typo in the article

Shouldn't the acronym be "RTFM"? Release To ****ing Manufacturer...

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