Microsoft Word 2004 (Mac) [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Word processing with innovative new tools
• Improved reference tools; dynamic reviewing capabilities
• Keep text, pictures, logos, and other important info right at hand
• Soft drop shadows; decline auto corrections, numbering, and bulleting
• Search and flag relevant info; record audio into documents

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 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: B0001WN1FS
• Item model number: D48-00487
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 29, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,432 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #77 in Software > Business & Office > Word Processing

Product Description

Product InformationExpress your ideas with more brilliance and clarity using the innovative new tools in Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac. The gold standard in word processing works harder than ever for you with improved reference tools dynamic reviewing capabilities and enhanced views for organizing your thoughts. Main FeaturesManufacturer: Microsoft CorporationManufacturer Part Number: D48-00487Manufacturer Website Address: www.microsoft.comSoftware Sub Type: Word ProcessorSoftware Name: Word 2004 For MacFeatures & Benefits: Notebook Layout View: Flag important entries search for key words and phrases and even record time stamped audio into your notes as you type. Improved Track Changes: Color coded balloons make it easier to track edits. MSN Messenger for Mac version 4.0 integration lets you start chats and send files from within Word. You can even accept or reject changes from the comment balloons. Enhanced Reference Tools: Access a dictionary a thesaurus and a link to the Microsoft Encarta online encyclopedia right from the Office Toolbox. Navigation Pane: Quickly scan and navigate through your document with the improved document map and thumbnail view.Platform Support: MacProduct FeaturesWord processing with innovative new toolsImproved reference tools; dynamic reviewing capabilitiesKeep text pictures logos and other important info right at handSoft drop shadows; decline auto corrections numbering and bulletingSearch and flag relevant info; record audio into documents

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars incremental improvements, January 2, 2005

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Word 2004 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Despite all the touted improvements in this latest version of MS Word for the Mac, experienced Word users should consider carefully before plonking down for it. The chances are that if you are comfortable running an earlier version on your Mac, then there is little need to migrate.

Though I'll grant that one new feature is appealing. The ability to avoid the automatic corrections and numbering does indeed give you more fine grained control over the document.

Overall, consider skipping this version.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars SO FRUSTRATING!, August 6, 2007

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H. Lee "Multimedia Creative & Producer" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Word 2004 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I give this product a big fat D minus! It is so slow and clunky, that It's hard to believe! Where shall I begin?
I've been creating tables of six columns, each has some text in it. It is NOT POSSIBLE to lock the column widths, so that during the writing and edit process, the columns are not accidently resized, which happens a lot, because of the inaccuracy of the program.

Secondly, it's SO unbeliveably slow. I can type faster than the application can put the characters on the screen. It doesn't even smoothly scroll, which is a nuisance. And, I'm using a computer that plays full frame high definition video for editing without a problem, so I know it's not that. (These problems happened on two seperate machines.)

There are LOTS of bugs that don't make sense. Several times, I've gotten automatic page breaks, which become embedded in the text, and the only way to remove them, is to unformat the text in a clean document, then re-import it.

Oh yeah, it crashes A LOT.

99% of the features make no sense, and are not intuitive. They are hard to set up and use properly, and usually makes a big mess of everything.

Did I mention that it's SLOW and crashes a lot?

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft has Done Word Processing Right, April 8, 2005

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Zachary Hackett (Reno, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Word 2004 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

It is hard to find anything bad to say about this program, except that it is slow as molasses on my G3 iBook. However it zips along on my gal pal Sara's G5 iMac. I mean it flies. And there is nothing you cannot do with it, from formatting a book (who needs PageMaker or Quark anymore), to writing a screen play. You can change the menus to anything you want, for example Sara has four font menus. You can save your stuff as a pdf document and your pdf opens exactly like it was in Word and I mean exactly.

But, as I said, it's too slow on my older iBook, so I use the previous version of Word instead and the excellent NisusWriter WP (for Mac only). Word will open anything. The dictionary is pretty good, but the thesaurus could maybe be better. No, it could definitely be better. But here I'm nitpicking, probably because it's hard for way left leaning me to admit that Microsoft got something right. And about my iBook being too slow to run this elegant program, maybe, just maybe it's time I sprung for one of those new nifty PowerBooks with the glow in the dark keyboard. Whoohoo.