RE: [Fed-Talk] RE: Office 2008 for Mac
RE: [Fed-Talk] RE: Office 2008 for Mac
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] RE: Office 2008 for Mac
- From: "O'Donnell, Dan" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:46:48 -0700
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] RE: Office 2008 for Mac
Actually, the best thing about Office 2008 is the major upgrade to the
Entourage database. It is no longer so fragile and prone to meltdown
(partial or total) leading to data loss. And Entourage itself works much
better now also.
--
Dan O'Donnell
ISSO
RAND Corporation
1776 Main St.
PO Box 2138
Santa Monica CA 90407-2138
310-393-0411 x6637
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fed-talk-bounces+odonnell=email@hidden
> [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+odonnell=email@hidden]
> On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:48 AM
> To: Blankenship, Bob J Mr CTR USA IMCOM
> Cc: email@hidden
> Subject: [Fed-Talk] RE: Office 2008 for Mac
>
> Hi Bob-
>
> Yes, it is quite a bit different (unless you're using
> Entourage - which seems like a new set of icons and that's
> about it...grumble...). Though, I do like it. I think Excel
> has seen the best changes, myself. One thing to keep in mind
> though is that 2008 does not have VBA support. If you run VB
> macros, you'll likely want to hang on to 2004 (they can live
> concurrently as long as Entourage 2004 doesn't touch the 2008
> database file... I usually trash Entourage 2004).
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Jared F. Nichols
> Systems Engineer, Infrastructure and Operations Information
> Services Department MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, MA 02420
> 781-981-5436
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> fed-talk-bounces+jared.nichols=email@hidden
> [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+jared.nichols=email@hidden.
com] On Behalf Of Blankenship, Bob J Mr CTR USA IMCOM
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: [Fed-Talk] Office 2008 for Mac
>
> Just got a copy of Office 2008 for Mac from our local DOIM.
> Asked where they got it and she said it came off of the Army
> Small Computer Contract or something like that. I maybe the
> last person on this list to know it's available but just
> thought I would let everyone know.
>
> If it's like the new version they put on our PC's I am not
> sure I want to install it. Has anyone used Office 2008 on a
> Mac that could tell me if it's a complete redesign like the
> new PC version?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Bob Blankenship
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