Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher [OLD VERSION]

It is simply a must have upgrade.

What I love about the new upgrade:

1. Long file names
2. Better change/edit management
3. Lots of new features in PowerPoint (although Keynote still looks better displayed)
4. Much cleaner interface

I'll give credit where credit is due. This is a fantastic update, one I am glad I paid for.

Only one beef, to be balanced, is MS should work on speeding up the apps in the .1 release.


Work around for EndNote incompatibility...   May 20, 2004
 19 out of 25 found this review helpful

If you have the previous version of Word (from Office v.X), you can continue to use that version of Word to insert citations from EndNote, while using the rest of the new suite (including Word 2004) for everything else.
It is possible to have Word v.X and Word 2004 installed at the same time. The only stipulation is that you can't have both versions launched & running at the same time.


Problems with Endnote 7   May 17, 2004
 26 out of 46 found this review helpful

I just brought this along with Endnote 7 for MAC which works fine with Office X. Endnote 7 does not work with Word 2004mac however so I now need to buy Office X and try and return 2004. I have talked to Endnote and they can't seem to solve the issue so it won't be resolved until Endnote 8 comes out (whenever that is). I have to write alot of scientific papers so need my endnote library. This is a warning to any students/professors/scientists. Do not buy this...stick with the old office X.


Good, but not great.   May 16, 2004
 19 out of 34 found this review helpful

I got this a few days back and its a solid upgrade featurewise from office v.X. Powerpoint is still a Keynote knockoff (and not a good one) Word is the industry standard unfortunatly, but it gets the job done. I never use Entourage because mail is suporior for what it do, plus I will take the Apple alternative over any program. I don't so spreadsheets so I can't comment on that, and MSN messenger is very ugly and featureless compated to iChat AV. Word seems to be a bit slower and more unstable, so if your happy with v.X there is no need to upgrade. This truly is a microsoft product.


Flawless installation, nice improvements, no problems   May 15, 2004
 15 out of 18 found this review helpful

I don't have any of the problems noted by the other reviewer.

- Changing the fonts in HTML message works fine.
- Not opening pictures and attachments can be changed in preferences. However, for security reasons, opening pictures automatically will only work if sender is in address book.
- I don't need to re-enter my password to send/check email. It must be a problem with the other user's keychain settings.
- Creating a new folder instead of replacing the one from the previous version is probably the safest way to go so that you don't lose stuff if something goes wrong.