Microsoft Office v. X for Mac

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• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005O1GE
• Item model number: 731-00463
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 4, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,321 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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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. Office v. X supports all 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 files with anyone, whether they use a Mac or a PC. Keep track of contacts with the comprehensive Address Book, which stores all of your contact information and lets you 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.

Note to users attempting to install Office v. x for Mac on new Apple hardware systems: Customers that have the Office v. X Test Drive Installed when attempting to install Office v. X may experience installation failure. The Test Drive is currently pre-installed on the PowerBook 12- and 17-inch models, as well as the 15- and 17-inch LCD iMacs. To facilitate successful installation, it will be necessary to remove the Test Drive by quitting any Microsoft Office applications and running the Remove Test Drive application located in /Applications/Microsoft Office X/Remove Test Drive. For more information on the Test Drive and its effect on your new Mac PC, please visit the Mactopia website at www.microsoft.com/mac.

Product Description
MODEL- MS-CD75173MC VENDOR- MICROSOFT CORPORATION FEATURES- Microsoft Office v. X for Mac- Full Version Welcome to Office v.X -- a fully native program designed specifically or 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. Office v. X supports all your favorite Mac OS X features and technologies, and is completely compatible with Office 2001 for Mac, Office 98 Macintosh Edition, Office for Microsoft Windows AppleWorks 6, and FileMaker Pro 5.5. It everything you want! * The user interface within Office v. X has been completely redesigned to include a bold and classy new Aqua visual appearance that is a perfect representation of what an application running on the new Mac OS X should look and feel like. * 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, easily organize your schedule, and set reminders for important events and projects. * Compatible with Office 97, 2000, and Microsoft Office XP so you can share your work and files with anyone whether they use a Mac or PC. (Also compatible with Office 98 Macintosh Edition and Office 2001 for

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A must for powerusers, not needed by the rest of us, November 26, 2002

By	Greg Nyquist (Eureka, California USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Office is far and away the best thing Microsoft does, and probably the main reason for their dominance in the software industry. The Mac OS X version of Office is generally regarded as superior to the Windows version, so this is the very best version of all. Having used a trial version for a month, I have to admit that it is in many respects very impressive. Although it occassionally misbehaves, for the most part it works splendidly with the OS X operating system. The interface is very nice: it looks better even than Apple's office suite, Appleworks. It does sometimes hog a little more CPU when it's open but not being used, but that's typical of 3rd party carbon ports.

Despite the many fine qualities of his app, I cannot give it a complete endorsement. I suspect that many people buy MS Office because of its prestige and its dominance in the market, not because they necessarily need it. If you rarely use spreadsheet, don't really need to make presentations, and don't need all the extra features of MS Word, then you don't need this application. Excel and Powerpoint are industry standards. If you're in business and you need such things, those are the ones to have. If you're not, you don't really need them. The spreadsheet and presentation program that comes with Appleworks will do fine. (Or if you don't have Appleworks, install XDarwin and use gnumeric or KOffice for free.) As for MS Word, well, to tell the truth, I prefer the Appleworks: it's simply easier to use. In all the times I've used Appleworks, I've never had to go to the help browser to figure out how to accomplish something. With MS Word, even a simple task such as changing or realligning paragraphs requires a visit to the annoying little help box. While I recognize the awesome power of the program, I just don't need anything quite that sophisticated. I suspect that there are a number of people out there who shell out the big bucks for MS Word or Office but who don't really need its power. There's no reason for that. Nor is there any reason to buy it just so you can open us MS Word documents. Appleworks, Abiword, and OpenOffice will open all but the most sophisticated word docs. As for those they can't open, well, let's face it: Mac and Linux users really need to begin putting pressure on people to send documents in file types that use open standards, like rtf and PDF. There's no reason why non-Windows users should cooperate in extending Microsoft's dominance in the market.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MacOffice v.X for the Office proffessional, September 23, 2003

By A Customer

To start with, make sure you are buying Office for the right reason. It's not meant for the timid home user just looking for something Jr., and Sally can write their book reports with. You want to do that, then just stick to AppleWorks (which I also use, in conjunction with Office). If you're not used to Office, yes, it could definitely have a steep learning curve. But if you're an experienced Mac Office user, working in OSX, then this version is a must, if for no other reason than it runs natively in OSX which makes it substantially faster than previous versions running in Classic mode. For those who claim all MS did was make it pretty, the interface is a rsult of Apple's Aqua interface, not a primary thrust of MS's MBU. Crashing? I've used Mac Office v.X for well over a year now, and I can honestly say, I cannot recall once having the machine crash while running Office. And for the person who compared using Word for page layout vs. Adobe FrameMaker...I use Frame daily at the office to layout books (I'm a designer of books and am forced to use Frame for it's XML functionality), and that's a truly unfair comparison...it's like comparing AppleWorks paint mode with Adobe Photoshop. They are completely different applications for entirely different tasks. Also, I find its cross-platform compatibility with Office XP (et.al.) to be seemless so long as the same True Type fonts are used between both PC and Mac systems.

Need more info on running Office v.X? Microsoft has also published a book called Office v.X Inside Out that I got when I purchased my software which has returned my investment on the book many times over. Even to an experienced Office user, there are many helpful procedures in here that will help lessen the upgrade learning curve.

The only reason I don't give MS Office v.X five stars is because I don't believe anything is perfect...but for the life of me, I can't see where this version of Office is lacking at the moment. This is a good investment for offices small or large.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Product for the Average or New User, August 2, 2002

By A Customer

If you're thinking about getting a Mac and you're concerned about needing Microsoft Office for compatibility with others, then this might be OK for you. Yes, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint have worked great on the Mac since before Windows was a useable product. That's the good news. The less-good news (that you might not really care about) is that some of the most advanced features of Office on the PC are not available in v.X or any other Mac version. These are mostly esoteric things like debugging capability in Visual Basic. Microsoft claims that there are features in v.X that are not in the latest version of Office for PC [perhaps true at the time that v.X was released], and this may be literally true but irrelevant. There are features in the XP version of Office that are not and may never be in a Mac version.

For anybody who just wants to be able to do moderate writing or presentations, this product will work just fine. But, it will not be compatible with the PC versions in *every* feature. [Now that I think about it, the problems are usually worse when going from PC to Mac rather than Mac to PC.]

Let me put it this way: I am a good user of both Windows and Mac, but I am a Mac fan by nature. Until recently I only owned Macs, but used PCs at work. Recently I was laid off and needed a computer for consulting work. As much as it hurt, I bought a PC laptop to get the advanced features of Office XP. I still love the Mac and OS X, and I even like v.X. But in my business I couldn't make a living off of v.X. Microsoft controls the Office experience, and they make it work better in Windows.

If you don' know or care anything about esoteric advanced features, please go get a Mac, Jaguar, and v.X!