![]() ![]() Download the Microsoft Office 2007 Help Tab by clicking the Download link and saving the file to your desktop.The name of the file is: Microsoft Office 2007 Help Tab.msi This "Help" tab provides searchable access to the programs' help database on the Ribbon, command finders, and links to tutorials for users new to Office 2007. It adds an additional "Help" to the Office 2007 Ribbon interface. The Help Tab is an add-in for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. Open XML Converter allows you to convert Open XML files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows so that you can open, edit, and save them in earlier versions of Office for Mac.Ĭlick here to be taken to Microsoft's download site for converter download and installation directions. Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.1.8 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.Double-click the FileFormatConverters.exe program file on your desktop to start the setup program.Download the Compatibility Pack by clicking the Download link and saving the file to your desktop. ![]() The name of the file is: FileFormatConverters.exe Next: Excel 2008! You know, for spreadsheets.Compatibility Pack Install and Information for OfficeXP (Windows)īy installing the Compatibility Pack to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats in newer versions, (Office 2007 & Office 2010) of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. I will attempt to review each application on its own in series. If you’re at home, use Google Docs, OpenOffice, Pages or anything else - Word 2008 is officially overkill. So, in conclusion, upgrade if you’re in an office - after all, it is called Office 2008. Call me a freak if you’d like, but that’s really the only reason. I know it’s silly, but I love being able to write a piece for the Times or whatever and click send to. I use Word for one simple reason - the “Send To…” feature. Incidentally, I’ve been using Scriviner for longer writing and TextEdit for blog posts. Unfortunately, OS X already comes with a number of useful applications for handling contacts and email and when, really, is the last time you needed to do a Mail Merge? Whereas I was pleased by the improvements in Word 2007 for Vista, I’m nonplussed by this version. The new version seems snappier than the old version, which isn’t much help, but other than standard UI changes I can’t really see many major differences. I will review Entourage in good time, but I would say 90% of us are going to use Word to write the occasional resume or longer office document. It probably won’t grace your next novel.īecause this is not a corporate IT blog, I’m hard pressed to get into the Automator improvements or the Entourage interaction. However, as I’ve described, the tools in Word 2008 will soon grace a TPS report near you. It is aimed squarely at the work environment and just barely infringes on the things iWork has been doing for years, namely making it easy to create interesting content with templates. So Word 2008 is a nice improvement, especially for office users. Great for making reports, not so good if you’re writing blog posts or a short story based on your experience in Prague last summer where you totally got drunk every night and were way into gypsies. And for another example, you can create a quick table or chart, complete with shading, in seconds. For example, you can dump in canned title pages and charts just by hitting one of the pre-made templates under the tool bar. The task bar is about the same but the icons are much larger and easier to hit.īut wait - bigger icons? That’s it? Well, Word has a number of templating features that were once relegated to the “new file” interface in Word 2004. More importantly, the Office icon doesn’t hang out in the top left corner, either, reducing visual clutter. Word 2008 borrows liberally from Word 2007 for Windows yet interestingly avoids the “ribbon” UI, maintaining the top menu bar rather than a set of tabs along the top. Given my current “Meh” attitude in regards to Office, I wanted to give Word 2008 a quick look and asses its various merits over 2004 and, as I did with Pages, decide if I should switch - or, rather, stay. Heck, even newcomer Pixelmator turned me off of that old standard, Photoshop, so maybe I was just ready for some change. ![]() I’ve been using Microsoft products since Works, back in the day, and I’ve got to say that with the slow and steady rise of web-based editors and programs with better workflow and features - some aimed at long form writers rather than “office workers” - have slowly replaced my Microsoft Office mindshare. So here we are faced with another version of Microsoft’s behemoth and I’m not terribly excited. ![]()
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