Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-06 Thread Patrick Lawrence
Lloyd When I last looked at the 2011 Outlook beta it looked very similar to Entourage 2008, the icons, menus and colour scheme were practically the same. Honestly I think most of us wont notice a difference except the name. Patrick On 6/08/10 1:39 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-06 Thread Susan Hastings
Calling it 'outlook' instead of 'entourage' just brings it into line with the Windows naming system, I think there may have been an Outlook that worked on the Mac back in the dark ages, otherwise we would have to have used it on a Windows system to know anything about it. On 06/08/2010, at

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-06 Thread Shay Telfer
On 5/08/2010 9:29 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: For all the bad things one can say about Microsoft, I still do not know of any software package that will match the ability of MS Office to open very, very old documents. I can be proved wrong, but all my old documents except MS Office's ones,

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-06 Thread Martin Hill
Actually, I understand Outlook for Mac is more than just a re-badging although it still doesn't support native MAPI for connecting to Exchange, something that has been a feature of Outlook for PC forever: Outlook for Mac is coming to Office 2011, replacing Entourage. Outlook for Mac is a new

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-06 Thread Martin Hill
Actually, I understand Outlook for Mac is more than just a re-badging although it still doesn't support native MAPI for connecting to Exchange, something that has been a feature of Outlook for PC forever: Outlook for Mac is coming to Office 2011, replacing Entourage. Outlook for Mac is a new

New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Neil Houghton
Just saw this: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers at the end of October. And The Home and Student edition

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Aurora74
://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers at the end of October. And The Home and Student edition will cost $169

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Neil Houghton
://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers at the end of October. And The Home and Student edition will cost $169

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Glenn Nicholas
/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers at the end of October. And The Home and Student edition will cost $169 to install on one

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread John Daniels
://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers at the end of October. And The Home and Student edition will cost $169

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Shay Telfer
be willing to lend me. I believe that the 2008 version provides 3 serial numbers. Thanks John On 05/08/2010, at 1:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Just saw this: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Neil Houghton
lying around. Glenn Nicholas On 5 August 2010 13:56, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Just saw this: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Jim D
/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in%0A-october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Neil I knew I'd seen it somewhere else earlier, and couldn't find the link,... That article you linked actually says only two versions, whereas the one I read lists three,.. http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/02/microsoft-to-release-office-for-mac-201 1-in-late-october/ ---part quote---

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Good evening all, If I am correct Microsoft is re-introducing support for Macros/VBA for its Mac Office suite, and if that is correct for my usage the price quoted will be worth me having the package, Entourage or not. The biggest disadvantage with Office 2008 (Mac edition) was its lack of VBA

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Reg Whitely
On 05/08/2010, at 1:56 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Just saw this: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/new-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Neil Houghton
-office-for-mac-2011-due-in -october-20100803-114at.html Microsoft said this week it would start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple's Mac computers at the end of October. And The Home and Student edition will cost $169 to install on one computer, or $209 to install

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-05 Thread Lloyd White
I have never used Outlook, only Entourage. Is it the same, better or worse? If I upgraded to 2011 could I still use Entourage from the 2008 version? I.e. Can it be separated from the whole Office package? Lloyd Hi Neil I knew I'd seen it somewhere else earlier, and couldn't find the