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Microsoft Sidesteps Office for Mac on Patch Tuesday

On this month's Patch Tuesday Microsoft has released two security bulletins to resolve security flaws in Windows and Office, but left the suite's Mac version vulnerable.In total, this month's patches resolved three vulnerabilities, one in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) and two in Microsoft Po...

11 May 2011
12:38 GMT

Office 2004 for Mac Mainstream Support Extended to 2012

Microsoft managed to breathe additional life into Office 2004 for Mac, making sure that customers will be able to enjoy support well after the next iteration of the productivity suite aimed at Apple Mac computer users will hit the shelves. In this regard, the Redmond company reveals that Mainstream Support end-date f...

13 October 2009
08:13 GMT

Next Version of Office for Mac Drops in 2010

Microsoft is not only hard at work cooking the next iteration of the Office System for Windows users, but also the next version of Office for Mac. In this regard, the Redmond-based company has announced that the successor of Office 2008 for Mac will be offered to customers next year, ahead of the holiday season. Offi...

13 August 2009
12:19 GMT

Download Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.1

Microsoft not only provided an upgrade for Office 2008 for Mac on July 20, 2009, but also updated a solution designed to bridge the Open XML standard with the file formats used by earlier versions of the productivity suite for Apple computers. Concomitantly with the availability of Office 2008 Service Pack 2, the Red...

23 July 2009
06:02 GMT

Office Live Workspace Beta Plays Nice with Safari 4

Concomitantly with the release of the second service pack for Office 2008 for Mac, Microsoft has tweaked Office Live Workspace, the company's online document storing and sharing service adjacent to the Office System client components, in order to play nice with the latest releases of Apple's browser. In thi...

21 July 2009
08:41 GMT

Download Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Starting on July 20, 2009, at 10 a.m. PDT, customers running the latest version of the office System for the Mac OS X platform will be able to access the second service pack for the productivity suite right from Microsoft. The Redmond company revealed that the downloads were scheduled to go live here, but that the bi...

20 July 2009
10:05 GMT

Microsoft Offers Office 2008 for Mac Tips to Users

Microsoft has tapped what it referred to as an internationally renowned organization expert, in order to provide users of its Office 2007 equivalent for Mac OS X with tips to clean up digital clutter. An initiative from Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU), the videos featuring Walsh are designed to impro...

8 July 2009
07:09 GMT

Office 2008 at 30% off with a New Mac

Are you a student, a Mac fan, and need MS Office to do your school projects? Why not consider getting that new Mac you've always wanted, also throwing in MS Office 2008 for Mac at a discount. When purchasing any Macintosh computer at Apple resellers, you can buy Office for 30% off. The deal ends on September 8, ...

5 September 2008
03:05 GMT

Microsoft Slashes Office 2008 for Mac Prices

Microsoft is gearing up for the debut of a new school year, and the Redmond company is looking beyond the PC, at the Mac users running its Office suite tailored to Apple's computers. In this regard, discounts of up to 30% have been set in place for Office 2008 for Mac, the equivalent of the 2007 Office System fo...

12 August 2008
10:00 GMT

Patching Up the Mac Office 2008 Installer

At the end of the past week, Microsoft acknowledged a security issue with the installer of the recently launched Office 2008 for Mac. The Redmond company's confirmation came on the heels of independent reports related to the security flaw in Office 2008. Due to a glitch in the installer of the latest Office for ...

28 January 2008
03:06 GMT

Office 2008 for Mac Kicked Off at Macworld, Works Its Way to Global Availability

Microsoft kicked off Office 2008 for Mac on the first day of the Macworld Conference & Expo 2008. But unlike its counterpart for the Windows operating system, the Office 2007 System, Office 2008 will have to work its way to global availability. The Redmond company only informed that the debut of Office 2008 means th...

16 January 2008
03:38 GMT

Office 2008 for Mac Is Here

Following the release of the Office 2007 System concomitantly with Windows Vista in November 2006, and in January 2007, a year later, Microsoft is making available Office: Mac 2008. Office 2008 for Mac is essentially to Mac OS X what Office 2007 is to the Windows operating system. And as the Macintosh Business Unit a...

15 January 2008
02:59 GMT

Gearing Up to Ship Office 2008 for Mac

Having postponed the equivalent of the Office 2007 System for the Mac platform from the second half of 2007 all the way to 2008, Microsoft is now gearing up to ship Office 2008 for Mac in mid January of the coming year. Earlier this month, on December 12th in fact, the Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) at Microsoft ann...

27 December 2007
03:37 GMT

Office 2007 vs. Office 2008 - Packagings

Office 2008 is the equivalent of the Office 2007 System, but a product designed exclusively for the Mac platform, and the Mac OS X operating system, unlike its alternative for Windows. The Office 2007 System hit the shelves in January 2007, and Office 2008 for Mac will be made available in early 2008. Initially, Micr...

8 October 2007
11:51 GMT

Microsoft Announces New Prices and Product Lineup for the Office System

Microsoft has taken the lid off the new pricing details and packaging options for Office 2008 for Mac. Apple Expo in Paris was the stage where the Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) at Microsoft stepped into the limelight with the Office 2008 for Mac upcoming product lineup. Microsoft's productivity suite for Appl...

25 September 2007
03:46 GMT

Microsoft: No Office 2008 for Mac Until... 2008

A beta version of the Microsoft Open XML file converters for the Mac platform provides little consolation in the absence of Office 2008 for Mac, but that is all that Apple users will be getting from the Redmond company. Craig Eisler, who took the lead of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit in June, as General Manager,...

2 August 2007
06:22 GMT

Microsoft Bans Mac Users from Office 2007

Microsoft has further banned Mac users from accessing the new file formats integrated into the 2007 Office System. In the context of building Office 2008 for Mac, Microsoft has traded-off the file converters for Office 2004. According to the Redmond Company, delaying the Open XML support for Office 2004 for Mac was a...

16 May 2007
05:39 GMT


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