4miler Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Can someone, who has access to the Entourage 08 beta, comment on whether it can import data (emails, to-do's, addresses etc) from Windows Outlook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I didn't even realize this had leaked. Could you post the Splash screens and About dialogs please Numberz, thank you. Awesome review by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Mac-Mini, you're s Mac Pro, awesome thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilash Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Hey, I have been playing with this beta and in Word, there are several "Publication Templates", similar to what you find in Pages. But some of the screenshots show templates for newsletters, postcards, invitations, resumes, etc., and my copy only shows templates for brochures, flyers, programs, menus and posters. Is there some way to add these other templates, or is that just because this beta is still an unfinished product and these other templates are to be added later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomozj Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Can someone, who has access to the Entourage 08 beta, comment on whether it can import data (emails, to-do's, addresses etc) from Windows Outlook? Doesn't seem so directly, but I have no experience with Windows Outlook, so I don't know what it can export to - so I just gave you a few screenies of the import menu. Ask if you need anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Office 2008 plus a Leopard release for OSx86 will be my say-la-vie to Windows as my fulltime OS. OFFICE 2004 sucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Could some post some screenshots of the actual setup itself, such as the main setup screen, wizard pages. My understanding drag and drop is not supported anymore. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomozj Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Could some post some screenshots of the actual setup itself, such as the main setup screen, wizard pages. My understanding drag and drop is not supported anymore. Thanks I can confirm that drag and drop is supported, in Word at least, and here is a screen from the setup:- As the sizes are missing, Office took up just under 900MB of space for me, without all of the extra languages, such as Brazilian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Thanks for the screenshot Tomozj. Thats a large installation though, I guess its because the files are Universal fat binaries or there is still some debug code in the beta. Its looking good so far though. Office 2007 Enterprise which I have installed uses somewhere around 622 MBs but thats understandable since it comes with 9 applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Don't know if anyone else noticed, but there's a button on the top right of the toolbox. When you click it, it flips over like a widget and lets you customize all of the menus. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Someone might have mentioned this, but now the toolbars go into the Document window. So now they are not new windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Yuy Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Someone might have mentioned this, but now the toolbars go into the Document window. So now they are not new windows. Does that mean then that you can have the formula bar in Excel in the actual window and not as a retarded floating tool bar (because that does make sense with this new window design they have) ? Its all looking pretty cool! Can't wait for January Oh well Leopard and the iPhone will have to occupy me until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Could someone post the About Dialogs for Word, Excel, PPT and Entourage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Microsoft has always dominated this area. I don't think that's going to change any time soon. Office seems very slow on OS X though. On my system with Vista, a word document opens within 3 seconds. The same operation in OS X takes between 18-20 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FavleX Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 15 secs here on tiger...yes under xp it takes less but...who cares, I like OSX. I hope with the next beta will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbusselle Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 For this review, I will be using a MacBook Pro with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo and 4GB of RAM and a 12" PowerBook with a 1.5GHz G4 and 1.25GB RAM. Both computers have the latest Leopard Build on them (559). Installation: On both of the computers, the Installation went very smooth. The Steps for the Installation are as follows: Introduction, License, Product Key, Destination, Installation Type, Installation, Remove Office (older versions), and finally Summary. After the simple 5 minute Installation, an "Identity Creator" opened itself and asked me for my Name, Company, Phone Number, and email address. At first I closed the application, but then realized that I had to register myself in order to use the Office '08 Applications. After the "Identity" was created, the Office Applications put themselves in my dock without asking me, and Office Gallery Launcher opened itself. I could already tell this was a Microsoft Product. Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac: As I am writing this review in Word, everything is different, but it all seems so similar. Maybe it is because I have used Office since Mac OS 9 and just recently switched to iWork. It could also be because Word has gained almost every single feature that Pages had. Performance On my aging PowerBook, I was happy to find that all the effects were happily bouncing along on their path until they got to where they were supposed to be with no jerkiness at all. One thing that is annoying is that the keys seem to be lagging behind the words that I am typing on the keyboard. It almost seems to be worse than on the 2004 version of Office. Also, saving can take up to 4 seconds, rendering the application useless until it is done. The Gallery The Gallery is almost the exact same as it is in Pages. Under Document Elements you can choose from Cover Pages, Table of Contents, Header, Footer, and Bibliographies. From Quick Tables you can choose from Basic and Complex, each having a range of Tables you can choose from. In Charts, you can choose from All, Area, Bar, Bubble, Column, Doughnut, Line, Pie, Radar, Stock, Surface, and X-Y Scatter. In SmartArt Graphics, you can choose from Recent, List, Process, Cycle, Hierarchy, Relationship, Matrix, and Pyramid. Finally, from WordArt, you can choose between Simple, Elegant, Bold, Enhanced, and Elegant. Other Features Other than the ones mentioned, there really aren't that many new features to be told of. If you have used Microsoft Word before, you will get the feeling of refreshment, and comfort, because it feels very familiar. Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac: While I am not an avid Spreadsheet user, I will try my best to cover all the new features that are in Excel. Excel is almost the exact same as where Microsoft left it in 2004, with the addition of the Gallery, which is almost the same as it is in Word. Excel needs some work, from what I can tell. The Ribbon UI uses the exact same icon for the Galleries that involve selecting a certain elements in the Gallery. Regarding performance, Excel's Gallery was slow and choppy, while Word's was nice an flowing. While I don't have much more to say, I can say this: I much prefer Numbers over Excel. Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 for Mac: Microsoft had some competition when Apple released Keynote 4.0. They have gained some ground back with PowerPoint 2008. PowerPoint now is more user Friendly, and is taking advantage of the Gallery in all Office 2008 Applications. The Gallery PowerPoint has gained a lot of functionality with the Gallery. Now all the effects and themes from one area. You can choose from Slide Themes, Slide Layout, Transitions, Table Styles, Charts, SmartArt Graphics, and WordArt. I think that this is much better than the old 2004 PowerPoint Method of doing things. When choosing a transition, you can select the transition, and it does this short preview that is already over before it started and it had told me nothing about the transition. You have to do it several times before actually knowing what the transition did. Good Job Microsoft, you have implemented another new feature in a wrong way! PowerPoint is good, and I think that Apple will need to push the limits with the next version of Keynote. Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac: Entourage is Microsoft's answer to Mail, iCal, and Address Book. Can it finally take them down? The answer is no. It does take a long time to open, it makes strange noises at random times(like when you turned off email notification and it is idle). With this Application, I think that Microsoft tried to pack too much into one Application. The UI itself is not very space efficient and it is slow to use. On top of it all, Microsoft had to put a little window that showed all the attachments before showing the actual message. I would try to avoid this. Stability: I would say that the stability is surprisingly good for a beta Microsoft Product. Word only crashed once, causing me to rewrite the Entourage part of the review. As I said before, Microsoft needs to increase the speed a little, especially with typing. Also, I have had many graphical errors happen. Many times text disappears until you select the area where the text is and it promptly shows up. I would say you could use this product full time if you saved a lot and your standards weren't very high. 4 out of 5 without the obvious Beta Glitches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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