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Mac Office slashed in price
News Microsoft is making it cheaper for Mac customers to have an Office. The software company is cutting the price of the standard version of Office for the Mac by $100, to $399 (£249). In addition, the company is introducing a "professional" version of...
[August 12, 2003, 11:15]
Mac Office to get spring clean
News Microsoft plans to offer a modest update to its Mac OS X version of Office in late May or early June, but the company is not saying when it will solve one major shortcoming in its OS X offering: the lack of an e-mail program that can directly...
[April 12, 2002, 8:50]
Office for Mac gets SP2
News Microsoft is releasing the second service pack update to Office 2008 for Mac, the company said on Monday. With the update, Office for Mac users will be able to save documents to Office Live Workspace.
[July 21, 2009, 8:12]
Office for Mac sales soar on Apple gains
News Microsoft's Mac unit is set to disclose on Tuesday that copies of Office 2008 for Mac are flying off the shelves at three times the rate of its predecessor. The company also said it was ready with the first service pack update for Office 2008 for...
[May 13, 2008, 11:32]
Office for the Mac vs OpenOffice 3 for the Mac
Blog Just as OpenOffice.org prepares to release the latest version of its open source productivity app which for the first time features native support for OS X, Microsoft puts out a story claiming that Office for the Mac is flying off the shelves at...
[May 13, 2008, 14:46]
Office 2008 for Mac: a first look review
Reviews Microsoft is calling the new set of software Office 2008 for Mac. As shown in these early screenshots from Microsoft, Office 2008 for Mac lacks the new Ribbon toolbar that's laced throughout Office 2007 for Windows.
[January 11, 2007, 7:32]
MS looks homeward with Mac Office
News Microsoft and its Macintosh Business Unit have planned a significant showing for Wednesday's unveiling of Office 2001 for Mac. In addition, the company will downplay the package's corporate image, the better to focus on Office 2001's Mac connections.
[October 11, 2000, 12:54]
Microsoft boosts Office for Mac's business features
News Microsoft's next release of Office for Mac, due in January, will include business features that PC users have taken for granted for years. That will include the ability to set up out-of-office messages, according to a preview in Microsoft's Office...
[September 7, 2007, 14:57]
Microsoft sets date for Mac Office
News Microsoft's Mac Business Unit filled in a few more gaps Wednesday in its Mac Office 2001 roadmap at Macworld Expo in New York. Myers said Office 2001 is being designed as a "Classic" application, meaning it will run native under Mac OS 9 as well as...
[July 19, 2000, 16:49]
Microsoft postpones Office for Mac tools
News As it tries to finish the next version of Office for the Mac, Microsoft has delayed efforts to enable current users of the productivity software to work with the new file formats used in the latest Windows version of the desktop software.
[May 16, 2007, 10:04]
Next Office for Mac due by Christmas 2010
News Microsoft said on Thursday that the next version of Office for Mac will be available by Christmas 2010, and added that the new version will include a version of Outlook. Outlook for Mac will replace Entourage, the current email and calendar program...
[August 13, 2009, 16:46]
MS kills Mac Office bugs
News Mac Office is considered one of the most important programs for Apple, making a Mac OS X version an essential upgrade, say analysts. The company issued the first service release -- or collection of bug fixes -- for Mac Office 2001.
[April 3, 2001, 9:15]
MS shows corner of Mac Office road map
News Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MBU) on Thursday took the wraps off forthcoming features and components of the next Macintosh version of Microsoft Office, including a new email client and PIM for the popular Mac productivity suite.
[April 27, 2000, 14:41]
MS touts integration in Mac Office 2001
News The rapidly unfolding legal actions against Microsoft apparently haven't slowed down the company's Macintosh Business Unit, which this week provided ZDNet News with additional details about its next Office suite of productivity applications for...
[June 15, 2000, 12:14]
Microsoft starts testing new Office for Mac
News Office 2008 for Mac, as the product is known, helps bring the desktop suite back into compatibility with two key technologies. Microsoft has taken longer than its normal 18 to 24 months to come out with a new version of Office for the Mac.
[April 2, 2007, 10:26]
Security flaw found in Microsoft Office for Mac
News The flaw affects all Office programs but is only considered a critical issue on Internet Explorer for Mac OS 8, 9 and X, Outlook Express 5.0.2 and Entourage 2001 and v. When Microsoft determined this affected most of their Office suite on Mac OS...
[April 17, 2002, 8:50]
Next Mac Office ready to hit the shelves
News Last year, the company cut the price of Mac Office by $100, to $399, for the standard version. Although Microsoft was initially disappointed with sales of the Mac OS X version of Office, Sommer said sales have improved, as more Mac users have...
[April 6, 2004, 10:25]
Microsoft warns of Mac Office security flaw
News Microsoft issued a security warning on Wednesday saying that programmers with malicious intent could use Mac Office v. When that happens, the feature fails, shutting down Mac Office. Users of Microsoft Office on the Macintosh may find that their...
[February 7, 2002, 16:38]
No fix for Mac Office bug
News Following yesterday's alert of a bug in Mac versions of Office, Microsoft has acknowledged the flaw which appears to be similar to a bug found in Office 95 earlier this year. We posted the Office '95 fix in March in Service Pack 1, but no, I cannot...
[July 1, 1998, 11:04]
Loving the Office 2008 for Mac
Talkback Managed to get my hands on the Business edition of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and have been greatly impressed. But, the vast majority of people only scratch the surface of the Office Suite's potential.
[March 6, 2008, 11:34]
