Microsoft Office X for Mac Upgrade [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005O1GD
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 8, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,478 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This is an upgrade version. Microsoft Office v. X is a fully native program designed specifically for Mac OS X that harnesses the power of Office, the simplicity of Macintosh, and the stability of Unix. Office v. X has been completely redesigned with a fresh new Aqua interface. It supports all of the Mac OS X features and technologies, and has Mac-only features like Formatting Palette, Microsoft Word Data Merge Manager, Microsoft Excel List Manager, and Microsoft PowerPoint Movies. Office v. X includes Microsoft Word X, Excel X, PowerPoint X, and Entourage X, for Mac.

The modern user interface within Office v. X has been completely redesigned to include a bold new Aqua visual appearance--a perfect representation of what an application running on the new Mac OS X should look and feel like. Communication is a snap. E-mail is made even easier in Entourage X by allowing connections to Microsoft Exchange servers, Hotmail, and Mac.com so users can more efficiently manage e-mail online and off. With the integrated and improved Entourage calendar, you can easily organize your schedule, and set reminders for important events and projects.

Office v. X is compatible with Office 2001 for Mac, Office 98 Macintosh Edition, Office for Microsoft Windows, AppleWorks 6, and FileMaker Pro 5.5, so you can share work and files with anyone, whether they use a Mac or PC. Keep track of contacts with the comprehensive Address Book, which stores all of your contact information and allows you to locate an address on a map or find driving directions from Expedia.com. Improved task reporting, calendar functions, and international time zone adjustments make time management even easier. Easily access customizable templates for résumés, catalogs, newsletters, calendars, and more from the Project Gallery. The Clip Art Gallery, including hundreds of images, provides tools to make working with graphics quick and easy.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than its Windows Counterpart, October 22, 2002

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Scott Ross (Prosper, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office X for Mac Upgrade [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I am forced to use a Windows PC at work and use MS Office every day. I hate this term, but I would fall into the "power user" classification. I have a Mac with OS X at home, and working from home often, I use the OS X version of Office. I can say without hesitation that the OS X version is superior. With this limited space let me just say that there are no issues sharing documents. I am constantly building spreadsheets, powerpoint presentations, and Word docs at home and sending them to colleagues and customers with no issues. They never even know I am on a Mac. The Mac version is more intuitive and looks better as well. If you want a deep discussion of the features, see the details on Apple's web site.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entirely tolerable :), April 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Office X for Mac Upgrade [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

While there is a lot more exciting software out there, something like the Office suite is one of those basic things that makes or breaks a user's experience. The deeper I sink into management, the more time I spend using Word, Excel, and Entourage.
Office v. X really makes that time as pleasant as possible. If you're familiar with the suite of Office products, there's nothing really earth-shatteringly different... between Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, it's more a matter of a bunch of small changes in interface and workflow that make the overall experience better (along with not needing to start up Classic).
On the other hand, Entourage is bittersweet. It's really a fantastic email, calendaring, and contact management piece... it handles time-zones, links contacts, meetings, and email messages, and even lets you automatically color-code messages and events based on who sent them. For our purposes it blows away both Outlook and Notes. At the same time there is an ugly side. You can't sync Entourage to a Palm yet (still under development at this time, but it should be available soon), which is a huge blow to its usability. There are issues with the size of the database it maintains (as well as the fact that it's a self-contained database that's useless to other applications), and it has some glaring issues accessing mail on some IMAP4 servers (Domino, for example).
All in all, it's an excellent package... Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit does a wonderful job (in my experience, MS Office v. X provides a much better overall user experience than Office XP). Bottom line is that, even while there are still some bugs that really need to be worked out, Office v. X is well worth the cost of the license. Keep up the good work, MBU.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite Simply, Extraordinary Software., December 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Office X for Mac Upgrade [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

As a long-time user of both Windows and Apple software products, I can honestly say that this software package hands down, is the most elegant, intuitive, user-friendly, bug-free piece of software I have ever owned.

And for users of both systems, it is a dream to go back and forth between Windows and the Mac. There is no conversions, etc, as in the past, the files just open and work as if the file had been created on the native system.

Note that all of the software in this suite - Word, Excel, Powerpoint and especially Entourage (Outlook in Windows) are far superior to the Windows products. And once you start using them, you won't want to go back to the Windows versions.

Congrats to the Macintosh team at Microsoft for one of the most refreshing pieces of software in years, and of course congrats to the Apple OS X team that made this possible as well.