For example, when you close and open the Formatting palette, the palette slides in a goofy, animated, morphing way, called genie, to and from the toolbar.But if youre happy with both Office 2001 and OS 9, you wont find enough improvements to justify the 299 upgrade price.On June 3, Microsoft released an Office X update called Office X Service Release 1.
We have updated this review to reflect changes made in the service release. It doesnt matter how great an operating system is, it isnt useful to most people unless it can run mainstream business software. And whether you like it or not, Microsoft Office is about as mainstream as it gets. Microsoft Office 10.8 Mac OS X Applications ThatFortunately for Apple, Office X ships with a well-conceived and well-implemented collection of Mac OS X applications that make the most of OS Xs new Aqua interface and features. The Office X apps are fully Carbonized (that is, theyve been ported to OS X from an older version of the Mac OS), but unlike most Carbon apps, they dont run in Mac OS 9. But if youve been waiting for top-notch, Mac-specific business programs before switching to OS X, Office X is for you. ![]() Microsoft will not ship this update on Office X CDs.(Updated 61102). For instance, Open and Save dialogs look and act like those in OS X. When you click them, they roll down from title bars as sheets (dialog boxes attached to a window). Words View buttons, which let you switch between Normal, Page Layout, and other views, are colorful and easy to distinguish from the background. In Excel, as soon as you start typing in a cell, it develops a drop shadow to make it stand out from inactive cells. And using OS Xs transparency (a feature that lets you adjust the opacity of text and graphics), you can overlap 3D charts and graphics in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. True to form, Microsoft has gone a bit overboard with some new Office X gewgaws.
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