New version of Office for Mac.

Hello Joseph,

Microsoft has given no clear indication other than "late 2007", so we are
all just speculating here. Those who know when Office 2008 is coming out
are not allowed to tell us. Those who tell us, don't know.

Personally, I would guess at early 2008 -- but you never know how much
effort Microsoft will put in to catch the pre-Christmas market.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
MVP Word:Mac
MVPs are not Microsoft employees,
just people who like plumbing the depths of the products
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On 8/7/07 5:41 PM, in article C2B5E324.96F96%drjchamberlain@gmail.com,
"Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all:
>
>
> Do any of you know when the new version of Microsoft Office for the
> Macintosh is scheduled to be released ?
>
> An approximate date would be sufficient.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Joseph Chamberlain
>

Hello Clive and Cyber Taz:


The date you have provided works for me. All I really needed was an
approximate date.

Thank you for your help.

Joseph Chamberlain


On 7/8/07 7:10 AM, in article C2B66881.272C7%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net,
"CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1.RemoveThis@com.cast.net> wrote:

> As Clive indicated, when MS has a [fairly] reliable release date an
> *official* announcement will be made. Anything prior to that is pure
> speculation. If you need to be among the first in line your best bet is to
> periodically check the Mactopia web site and subscribe to the Newsletter by
> clicking the link at the bottom of the home page.
>
> Regards |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 7/8/07 3:41 AM, in article C2B5E324.96F96%drjchamberlain@gmail.com,
> "Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all:
>>
>>
>> Do any of you know when the new version of Microsoft Office for the
>> Macintosh is scheduled to be released ?
>>
>> An approximate date would be sufficient.
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Joseph Chamberlain

Hi Dr. Chamberlain,

Microsoft has publicly stated that they expect to ship Office 2008 on or
before December 31, 2007.

Keep in mind that it is an expectation, not a guarantee.

Thanks.

-Jim


Quoting from "Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain.TakeThisOut@gmail.com>, in
article C2B68C27.9705F%drjchamberlain@gmail.com, on [DATE:

> Hello Clive and Cyber Taz:
>
>
> The date you have provided works for me. All I really needed was an
> approximate date.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Joseph Chamberlain
>
>
> On 7/8/07 7:10 AM, in article C2B66881.272C7%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net,
> "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1.TakeThisOut@com.cast.net> wrote:
>
>> As Clive indicated, when MS has a [fairly] reliable release date an
>> *official* announcement will be made. Anything prior to that is pure
>> speculation. If you need to be among the first in line your best bet is to
>> periodically check the Mactopia web site and subscribe to the Newsletter by
>> clicking the link at the bottom of the home page.
>>
>> Regards |:>)
>> Bob Jones
>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/8/07 3:41 AM, in article C2B5E324.96F96%drjchamberlain@gmail.com,
>> "Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all:
>>>
>>>
>>> Do any of you know when the new version of Microsoft Office for the
>>> Macintosh is scheduled to be released ?
>>>
>>> An approximate date would be sufficient.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>
>>> Joseph Chamberlain
>

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Jim:


Thank you very much for your help and information.


Joseph Chamberlain


On 7/9/07 5:51 PM, in article
C2B8505E.1EBE8%goldkey74@WarmerThanWarmMail.com, "Jim Gordon MVP"
<goldkey74.DeleteThis@WarmerThanWarmMail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dr. Chamberlain,
>
> Microsoft has publicly stated that they expect to ship Office 2008 on or
> before December 31, 2007.
>
> Keep in mind that it is an expectation, not a guarantee.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Jim
>
>
> Quoting from "Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain.DeleteThis@gmail.com>, in
> article C2B68C27.9705F%drjchamberlain@gmail.com, on [DATE:
>
>> Hello Clive and Cyber Taz:
>>
>>
>> The date you have provided works for me. All I really needed was an
>> approximate date.
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> Joseph Chamberlain
>>
>>
>> On 7/8/07 7:10 AM, in article C2B66881.272C7%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net,
>> "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1.DeleteThis@com.cast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> As Clive indicated, when MS has a [fairly] reliable release date an
>>> *official* announcement will be made. Anything prior to that is pure
>>> speculation. If you need to be among the first in line your best bet is to
>>> periodically check the Mactopia web site and subscribe to the Newsletter by
>>> clicking the link at the bottom of the home page.
>>>
>>> Regards |:>)
>>> Bob Jones
>>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/8/07 3:41 AM, in article C2B5E324.96F96%drjchamberlain@gmail.com,
>>> "Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do any of you know when the new version of Microsoft Office for the
>>>> Macintosh is scheduled to be released ?
>>>>
>>>> An approximate date would be sufficient.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Joseph Chamberlain

Hi all,

How is the new Office 2008 for Mac purported to be improved?

Frank

What little there is to know can be perused here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/macmojo/

This newsgroup (nor any other) is an official source of information for the
developmental end of MS. Most of the people here know nothing more than you
and the few who might are not at liberty to discuss or divulge anything that
has not already been released. The forum has to do with using [and
contending with] the versions previously released, not with guesses about
what may/may not be in the offing.

One of the few "common knowledge" items is that 2008 will be Universal
Binary, so it will run natively on both Intel as well as PPC Macs. That in
itself is the singular major improvement. If you need more on which to
speculate, have a look at Office 2007 on Windows Vista... Your guess is as
good as any as to how similar 2008 will be

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 7/18/07 5:46 AM, in article C2C3599D.9F8%fjs0808@gmail.com, "Dr. Frank
Stefanec" <fjs0808 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How is the new Office 2008 for Mac purported to be improved?
>
> Frank
>

Hello Frank,

Those who don't know don't know, and those who do know can't tell you...

But from the odd piece of information here and there, it certainly appears
to have a "new car smell".

Keep an eye on mactopia and Mac Mojo (http://blogs.msdn.com/macmojo/)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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On 18/7/07 7:46 PM, in article C2C3599D.9F8%fjs0808@gmail.com, "Dr. Frank
Stefanec" <fjs0808.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How is the new Office 2008 for Mac purported to be improved?
>
> Frank
>

....or we could have gone the snide route with something like:

Question:
<snip>
>> How is the new Office 2008 for Mac purported to be improved?
<snip>

Answer:
"By a devoted & overworked team of software designers on a limited budget."

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hi Frank:

The other thing that has been publicly released is that it will have the new
XML-based file format.

This should almost entirely cure the "document corruption" problems that
have plagued us for the past ten years. XML is almost impossible to "break"


The other benefit of XML is that it requires less than half the disk space
to store the same file, which is very important to corporate users.

For me, Universal Binary and XML files is reason enough to upgrade, if we
get nothing else. I am already using the PC version, Office 2007, and it is
SUBSTANTIALLY faster and more stable on this MacBook

Other than these publicly-released details you will get from the Microsoft
website, I concur with Clive: "Those who know are not allowed to tell us;
those who tell us, don't know!"

Cheers

On 18/7/07 7:16 PM, in article C2C3599D.9F8%fjs0808@gmail.com, "Dr. Frank
Stefanec" <fjs0808 DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How is the new Office 2008 for Mac purported to be improved?
>
> Frank
>

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