We are half-way through 2010 and the ship date for Office for Mac 2011 is drawing near. With each suite we launch – dating back throughout our more than 25 year history of developing Microsoft products for the Mac – we look at ways to work with Apple to meet the needs of our mutual customers. That’s why we are here at WWDC this week participating in the developer sessions.
In fact, we send dozens of people to WWDC every year to make sure MacBU products take full advantage of core Apple technologies, such as Cocoa. If you haven't heard - Outlook for Mac and the new user interface elements in Office 2011 such as the ribbon are built on Cocoa. We like using Cocoa because it makes it easier to do what the MacBU specializes in: marrying Microsoft software and services to the look and feel Mac users want.
In Office 2011, we’ve made investments in better compatibility between Office for Mac and Windows Office, which is the largest request we receive from customers. We think we have some outstanding improvements to show you in this area, and we'll continue to share details in coming weeks. Our work to increase compatibility means we haven’t completed the transition of moving the entire user interface over to Cocoa yet. And because Apple's frameworks require us to complete the move to Cocoa before we can build a 64-bit version, Office 2011 will be 32-bit only. What does this mean to you? While Cocoa makes our job building Office easier, Office 2011 will look and feel great regardless of what technology is powering which bit of user interface. The largest difference between using a 32-bit and 64-bit version is the memory capacity available for your content. Most users with typical or even larger-than-average document content will not notice a difference in performance. Where 64-bit can make a difference is for people working with huge amounts of data, such as those creating very large Excel files with data in millions of cells, or PowerPoint presentations with thousands of high resolution images. The Windows Office Engineering team explained the differences earlier this year, recommending that most people use the 32-bit version of Office 2010 for the best compatibility, even on 64-bit versions of Windows.
Looking ahead at the MacBU development roadmap, we expect to go even further with Cocoa in the future. Meanwhile, I think customers are going to be really happy with the improvements in compatibility, collaboration, and user experience we're bringing in Office 2011.
I hope that the compatibility between PC and Mac will be restored with Office 2011...
Namely chemists in the world are awaiting it impatiently for more than 10 years...
theebqtr
Jun 08, 2010
1:52pm
BiDi Support?
Please make office 2011 support Bi-directional text for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew?
jweaks
Jun 08, 2010
2:10pm
Yes, Unicode Right to Left Hebrew
Surely the feature set is decided for Word 2011 for Mac... can we PLEASE get news of whether it will support finally right to left unicode languages such as Hebrew and Arabic?
Please just let us know.. there's a whole part of the world and and a whole academic industry waiting to hear.
glampe
Jun 09, 2010
9:07am
PowerPC
Will Office 2011 run on PowerPC or will it be Intel only?
lhp81
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Can't wait!
I'm very much looking forward to Office '11! Has the release date been determined yet?
The actual date has not yet been released, but we can tell you that the launch will be during this upcoming retail holiday shopping season. Glad you are excited for it!
BAM_Frog
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Cocoa and then... iOS on iPad?
While I definitly agree that the OLE cross plateform part of Office Mac, mainly PPT is in a jurasic park stage and creates many issue in the cross plateform work flows, I would like to share my concerns on your post.
I was really disapointed that Office Web App was not allowing editing in Safari mobile for iPad... and the viewer experience of PPT is not suitable for customer presentation either...
I can only imagine that we would need first to have a full Cocoa version of Office Mac before we see a "Office of iOS" to work on iPads... iWork is just "not it".
Please I hope I am wrong, because beside marketing reason to do or not, from a technical stand point, this translate to 2 / 3 years from today... not good.
ajonesma
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Will it be available on MSDNAA
I am a Computer Information Systems major at University of MIchigan with a MSDNAA Account and was wondering if we would be able to download office for mac 2011 inside MSDNAA
vidhar
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
Visual Basic
Hi guys,
what about Macro in excel? does Office 2011 support Visual Basic? It's almost useless (for engineers and not only, I suppose) without that...
thanks
JMT93
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
Excel 2011 Find Replace Window
Hello MBU
Can we expect a new Find Replace window like the Excel Windows version. 2003 if I well remember!!!
It's make too long time that this Find Replace have not been update sine at less Excel 98 and perhaps before this version.
Thanks in advance
Jean-Michel
pneri
Jun 14, 2010
10:24am
Make both interface similar to reduce learning time
In our school we have used both Office 2007 for PC and 2008 for Mac. I must admit that 2007 was a great progress especially for training new users. The ribbon interface does an excellent job at putting what you need where you need which is definitely not the case of Office 2008 for Mac.
From the picture I have seen, I noticed that office 2010 for PC and 2011 for Mac have close interface but different. I believe that this is a mistake. People choose programs because they are easy to use so as the more and more people move to MAC, keep what you have done right and help them work from within Office the same way be it on MAC or PC.
At the end, we spend most of our time within an office application and not OSX or Windows 7 so to keep the dollar rolling for Microsoft. Make both applications the same so that we do not WASTE time trying to find where things are.
Thank you very much.
Yours sincerely
robkolb
Jun 14, 2010
10:24am
Office for Mac
Is there any plan to make the toolbars in Word etc have a "dock"? For ex, I use EndNote and it, along with customized toolbars, do not have the ability to dock, the floating thing is not for me (I hated that paperclip thing?
Also, is it possible to make image alignment and placement within a document easier? After inserting more than two or 3 images, the images will "snap" to some predefined (not by the user) position in the document. It often happens when you try to stretch the image, or after inserting an image to a position other than the last image.
I can assure you the latter problem is one that most scientists have experienced if they have used Word to prepare an NIH grant. This an old problem and is on thee PC side too.. but not as bad.
astegmaier
Jul 01, 2010
12:47pm
Sharepoint Contacts Lists
Will Outlook 2011 for Mac support subscribing to SharePoint Contacts lists like the Window's version? 'Cause that would make me happy.
aamodtpw
Jul 08, 2010
9:56am
Two Requests
Two requests, please:
1. I don't mind Office 2011 being 32-bit as long as the atrocious Excel file load and calc times are improved. Performance should be on a par with the Windows version. Feature set too...
2. Please, please, please release a PPC version of Office 2011. That's a fair trade for Office not being 64-bit. Any Mac that can run Leopard should be able to run Office 2011.
Also, there are two reasons why it would be bad for Office 2008 to be the last PPC edition:
a) No Visual Basic support - means having to go back to Office 2004.
b) the New Outlook client - last PPC version was Outlook 2001, not even an OS X app, and Entourage has always been something of a stepchild. Even if the rest of Office isn't ported to the PPC, at least please consider a PPC Outlook 2011 client.
RMansfield
Jun 08, 2010
2:33pm
Question
Thanks for the clarification about the distinctions between 32 & 64 bit software.
Question: how does one even determine whether a program is 32 or 64 bit? I notice that this kind of information isn't in the Get Info box for an app.
Also, I agree with the previous two commenters about the need to know whether right to left languages are supported in Word 2011.
Jake Hoelter
Jun 08, 2010
3:13pm
Question Answer: How to tell whether an app is 32-bit or 64-bit
There's a good explanation of how to tell if an app is running in 32-bit or 64-bit mode at the following link. Short answer: use Apple's "Activity Monitor" application.
Can we please get some official word on Keyboard Shortcut parity between the two versions.. if this something to hope for in Office 2011? The last blog post here generated a lot of user feedback..... http://www.officeformac.com/.59bb93e9
Laeeq Humam
Jun 09, 2010
9:07am
Apple logo can be drawn with some key combination
Is it possible to include some key combination commands using which we can draw the Apple sign while writing on any Office for Mac application?
Kindly add if it is possible.
Thanks.
emxgarcia
Jun 09, 2010
9:07am
1) Regarding 64-bit and... 2) OneNote on Mac
Indeed for compatibility's sake, 32-bit is the way to go even on Office 2010 (Windows).
I make the comment because I am sure someone will start a conspiracy theory about this being an excuse not to offer 64 bit, but as of today and regarding Office 2010, 32 bit is the way to go.
Mac Users.. no reason to feel 'segregated' anymore.
Now... my conspiracy theory.
Office 2010 Standard includes OneNote... considering that Outlook is coming to the Office 2010 Mac Suite, could this possibly mean that OneNote Mac could make an appearance later on?
Michel could you be more specific? We have done some significant work on graphic and OLE object round tripping. However there are some issues with third party tools (e.g. relating to chemistry) which we are not able to fix, so I'm not sure.
DavidRRoy
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Outlook 64bit
Is there a possibility to give as Outlook compiled in 64bit, as it is a fully from ground up app i am sure this should be possible from day one.
Despite mail apps not really requiring 64bit there is performance to be gained if Apple's own mail app is any indication.
mijares
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
need help!!!
Hi
I´m new user of mac and office for mac. I know there is a function to lock a cell that contains a formula so when you drag it, it doesn't move the row, the column or both.
for example if on cell contains =c7+d5, and if you don't want c7 to move when you drag it, you put the $ symbol like this $c$7, that way, if you drag the cell, it lock the c7. In my PC that function had a shortcut by pressing F4 key. but I cant find a shortcut in mac excel.
"In Office 2011, we’ve made investments in better compatibility between Office for Mac and Windows Office..."
Dear Sir:
My question is about digital certificates in Office 2011 for Mac.
Is possible sign a Office 2011 for Mac document whit a digital certificate ?
Word and Excel ?
(in Entourage for Mac 2008 is possible).
Digitally signing a document has many benefits. A digital signature on a
file is an electronic, cryptographic-based, secure stamp of authentication.
When you add a digital signature to a document, you are supplying a
verifiable signature that can vouch for the authenticity and integrity of the
file. The certificate used to create this signature identifies the signer.
Readers of your document can be assured of the document creator's identity
and that the document has not been altered since it was created.
This is very, very important.
How to digitally sign a Office for Mac (Word and Excel) document whit my Citizen’s Card ?
The digitally signing is very, very important. The countries in Europe go to
the Personal Identity Card.
I checked out the beta earlier and I'm really excited for Outlook. I hope that it will prove to be a better experience in handling authentication and certificates from Exchange. I have seen so many Entourage EWS users choke on all this stuff while Outlook for PC just sails on through.
Please, please, please pay close attention to this. I would take seamless connections over many feature updates any day. Try testing with certificates where there is a mismatch or finally ridding us of the serialize token error that is just a black spot. Reminds of the song Wasted Days and Wasted Nights trying to fix this.
As for the rest of Office, better compatibility with the PC version, vbs script handling, and more Cocoa code are all welcome advances.
Kudos to your team for your hard work. We Mac people can be a very hard lot to please because we're just used to stuff just working.
JBracy
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
PST support
Will Outlook for Mac support moving PST files back and forth between Outlook 2007/2010 and Mac 2011?
MacG
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
Thing we need in Office 2011. A lot!
Outlook to work and look, feature for feature, as Outlook for Windows. Very important.
Entourage EWS is unstable, slow, and lacks features. And is a lot of work to set up.
Apple "Mail" just works...
Language Packs: Why do we need to remove and reinstall Office08 completely if a user wants another language ?
Excel: Feature parity with Office ´10. Excel in ´08 is missing a lot of pieces.
Powerpoint: Same as above.
I support and Deploy 600 Macs. I spend more time fixing Office, and especially Entourage, than anything else by a factor of at least 3...
yehia2amer
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
We Need Right To Left (RTL) Support , Microsoft can you hear us !!!!!!!!
We send almost hundreds of Product Suggestions every week , tons of people asked for the same request "Supporting arabic, Hebrew, persian, etc ......."
so we need more care for our requests !!!!
As a sole prac whose admin is 2 states away, my hope/ question is much simpler.
I want to know that if I am using hosted exchange from my macbook pro that I will have full delegation functionality with my admin who uses a PC.
Simple, I am certain, to the developers and admins here... but I am my own help desk and do not want to be disappointed after a long wait for this, only to find out after release that full mail and calendar delegation are not there.
Dude
Jun 18, 2010
11:41am
Re: Office for Mac Drinking Cocoa at WWDC
Bigger question is when is this coming out? Lots of shops are moving to Exchange 2010 and Entourage is going to work with that.
shahroozohio
Jul 01, 2010
12:45pm
Excel 2010/2011
I certainly hope that Excel 2010/2011 will handle graphing of "large" data sets a lot better than Excel 2008. As many you know, Excel 2008 basically chokes when trying to plot a simple x-y chart from a dataset with around 15 columns and 15000 rows.
Enterprise Mac User
Jul 01, 2010
12:45pm
Why not Mac Office 2010?
The title was rhetorical, please don't respond. It's blatant sarcasm.
The "version behind" Windows is BS today as we go into the second decade of the 21st century. But I don't think the MS bureaucrats seem to get it, and they still act like the last couple decades of the 20th century. I have noticed quality degraded ever since MS put the Mac unit into a separate corner of the MS campus back when MS (pardon the cliche) "bailed out" Apple back in the late 90s.
I cannot get why your programmers and developers seem to just be slackers and write fluffy posts about nothing on a blog that many people have wanted features that you appear to not care for. You guys work for Steve BALMER, not Steve JOBS, so if your staff wants to be "cool" work for the latter Steve.
Lots of us need the same features just like how both MS Office platforms were prior to 97, when the parity just went downhill. Exchange has been mentioned since the MSDN days, and I still remember the overwhelming requests of 99% of each comment wanting Exchange. And apparently we still don't have it yet.
Many of us are now an ever so growing refuges of the death of Windows as we know it. I am still making a decision on what platform to use, if its Windows, Macs or Linux. But with my growing demands of working with Windows Office documents, the Mac Office, OpenOffice.org, and iWork doesn't cut it. MS Office on the Mac has produced nothing but more headaches and potential diseases.
I also don't like the people who do the same thing I do (come from Windows), but then to ask things like "can you make a feature to link with my iPhoto/iMovie" or "make Entourage's databases like Mail" which defeats the purpose of Exchange based PSTs.
Please just do what the majority asks. Exchange (or OUTLOOK for that matter, dead obvious first on the list.) And lastly (to keep it simple) just copy every code from the Windows 2010 and port it onto the Mac! It's just that simple. The only diff would be to tweak it to make it work on the Mac.
This feature parity divide has no more excuses anymore. I wish the Windows Office takes control over the Mac division, and maybe there will be progress for the first time in the 21st Century. Maybe by Office 2011, it will be just as compatible as Office 97 that was for WINDOWS.
Apologies for my unhappy expectations for one of the best of the best office products around, that is if you have Windows.
Enterprise Mac User
Jul 01, 2010
12:47pm
Office 2010
I appreciate my posts getting censored by the arrogant bastards at Microsoft's Mac Division. I think you should take every code from the Windows Office and port it to the Mac Office, and please just call it 2010. The era of the "version behind" of Windows is so 1995.
Comments | Who's Blogging This
Michel Guillaume
Jun 08, 2010
12:25pm
And OLE objects for roundtrip editing?
Namely chemists in the world are awaiting it impatiently for more than 10 years...
theebqtr
Jun 08, 2010
1:52pm
BiDi Support?
jweaks
Jun 08, 2010
2:10pm
Yes, Unicode Right to Left Hebrew
Please just let us know.. there's a whole part of the world and and a whole academic industry waiting to hear.
glampe
Jun 09, 2010
9:07am
PowerPC
lhp81
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Can't wait!
Jun 10, 2010
3:27pm
BAM_Frog
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Cocoa and then... iOS on iPad?
I was really disapointed that Office Web App was not allowing editing in Safari mobile for iPad... and the viewer experience of PPT is not suitable for customer presentation either...
I can only imagine that we would need first to have a full Cocoa version of Office Mac before we see a "Office of iOS" to work on iPads... iWork is just "not it".
Please I hope I am wrong, because beside marketing reason to do or not, from a technical stand point, this translate to 2 / 3 years from today... not good.
ajonesma
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Will it be available on MSDNAA
vidhar
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
Visual Basic
what about Macro in excel? does Office 2011 support Visual Basic? It's almost useless (for engineers and not only, I suppose) without that...
thanks
JMT93
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
Excel 2011 Find Replace Window
Can we expect a new Find Replace window like the Excel Windows version. 2003 if I well remember!!!
It's make too long time that this Find Replace have not been update sine at less Excel 98 and perhaps before this version.
Thanks in advance
Jean-Michel
pneri
Jun 14, 2010
10:24am
Make both interface similar to reduce learning time
From the picture I have seen, I noticed that office 2010 for PC and 2011 for Mac have close interface but different. I believe that this is a mistake. People choose programs because they are easy to use so as the more and more people move to MAC, keep what you have done right and help them work from within Office the same way be it on MAC or PC.
At the end, we spend most of our time within an office application and not OSX or Windows 7 so to keep the dollar rolling for Microsoft. Make both applications the same so that we do not WASTE time trying to find where things are.
Thank you very much.
Yours sincerely
robkolb
Jun 14, 2010
10:24am
Office for Mac
Also, is it possible to make image alignment and placement within a document easier? After inserting more than two or 3 images, the images will "snap" to some predefined (not by the user) position in the document. It often happens when you try to stretch the image, or after inserting an image to a position other than the last image.
I can assure you the latter problem is one that most scientists have experienced if they have used Word to prepare an NIH grant. This an old problem and is on thee PC side too.. but not as bad.
astegmaier
Jul 01, 2010
12:47pm
Sharepoint Contacts Lists
aamodtpw
Jul 08, 2010
9:56am
Two Requests
1. I don't mind Office 2011 being 32-bit as long as the atrocious Excel file load and calc times are improved. Performance should be on a par with the Windows version. Feature set too...
2. Please, please, please release a PPC version of Office 2011. That's a fair trade for Office not being 64-bit. Any Mac that can run Leopard should be able to run Office 2011.
Also, there are two reasons why it would be bad for Office 2008 to be the last PPC edition:
a) No Visual Basic support - means having to go back to Office 2004.
b) the New Outlook client - last PPC version was Outlook 2001, not even an OS X app, and Entourage has always been something of a stepchild. Even if the rest of Office isn't ported to the PPC, at least please consider a PPC Outlook 2011 client.
RMansfield
Jun 08, 2010
2:33pm
Question
Question: how does one even determine whether a program is 32 or 64 bit? I notice that this kind of information isn't in the Get Info box for an app.
Also, I agree with the previous two commenters about the need to know whether right to left languages are supported in Word 2011.
Jake Hoelter
Jun 08, 2010
3:13pm
Question Answer: How to tell whether an app is 32-bit or 64-bit
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/snow_leopard_running_32_bit_64_bit_32bit_64bit.html
greattypo
Jun 08, 2010
4:34pm
Speaking of PC/Mac compatibility?
Laeeq Humam
Jun 09, 2010
9:07am
Apple logo can be drawn with some key combination
Kindly add if it is possible.
Thanks.
emxgarcia
Jun 09, 2010
9:07am
1) Regarding 64-bit and... 2) OneNote on Mac
I make the comment because I am sure someone will start a conspiracy theory about this being an excuse not to offer 64 bit, but as of today and regarding Office 2010, 32 bit is the way to go.
Mac Users.. no reason to feel 'segregated' anymore.
Now... my conspiracy theory.
Office 2010 Standard includes OneNote... considering that Outlook is coming to the Office 2010 Mac Suite, could this possibly mean that OneNote Mac could make an appearance later on?
Geoff Price
Jun 09, 2010
4:05pm
Re: And OLE objects for roundtrip editing?
DavidRRoy
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Outlook 64bit
Despite mail apps not really requiring 64bit there is performance to be gained if Apple's own mail app is any indication.
mijares
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
need help!!!
I´m new user of mac and office for mac. I know there is a function to lock a cell that contains a formula so when you drag it, it doesn't move the row, the column or both.
for example if on cell contains =c7+d5, and if you don't want c7 to move when you drag it, you put the $ symbol like this $c$7, that way, if you drag the cell, it lock the c7. In my PC that function had a shortcut by pressing F4 key. but I cant find a shortcut in mac excel.
Does any body knows????
Jun 10, 2010
3:29pm
Manuel Silva
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Digital Certificates in Office 2011 for Mac
Dear Sir:
My question is about digital certificates in Office 2011 for Mac.
Is possible sign a Office 2011 for Mac document whit a digital certificate ?
Word and Excel ?
(in Entourage for Mac 2008 is possible).
Digitally signing a document has many benefits. A digital signature on a
file is an electronic, cryptographic-based, secure stamp of authentication.
When you add a digital signature to a document, you are supplying a
verifiable signature that can vouch for the authenticity and integrity of the
file. The certificate used to create this signature identifies the signer.
Readers of your document can be assured of the document creator's identity
and that the document has not been altered since it was created.
This is very, very important.
How to digitally sign a Office for Mac (Word and Excel) document whit my Citizen’s Card ?
The digitally signing is very, very important. The countries in Europe go to
the Personal Identity Card.
See:
http://eid.belgium.be/fr/binaries/eID_MAC_Entourage2008_FR_tcm146-22461.pdf
http://www.cartaodecidadao.pt/index.php?lang=en
http://eid.belgium.be/fr/binaries/eID_WIN_Office2003_FR_tcm146-22457.pdf
And for Mac ?
Best Regards
Manuel Silva
Portugal
red308gtsi
Jun 10, 2010
10:42am
Here's hoping
Please, please, please pay close attention to this. I would take seamless connections over many feature updates any day. Try testing with certificates where there is a mismatch or finally ridding us of the serialize token error that is just a black spot. Reminds of the song Wasted Days and Wasted Nights trying to fix this.
As for the rest of Office, better compatibility with the PC version, vbs script handling, and more Cocoa code are all welcome advances.
Kudos to your team for your hard work. We Mac people can be a very hard lot to please because we're just used to stuff just working.
JBracy
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
PST support
MacG
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
Thing we need in Office 2011. A lot!
Entourage EWS is unstable, slow, and lacks features. And is a lot of work to set up.
Apple "Mail" just works...
Language Packs: Why do we need to remove and reinstall Office08 completely if a user wants another language ?
Excel: Feature parity with Office ´10. Excel in ´08 is missing a lot of pieces.
Powerpoint: Same as above.
I support and Deploy 600 Macs. I spend more time fixing Office, and especially Entourage, than anything else by a factor of at least 3...
yehia2amer
Jun 10, 2010
3:31pm
We Need Right To Left (RTL) Support , Microsoft can you hear us !!!!!!!!
so we need more care for our requests !!!!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WE-Need-RTL-support-in-Office-for-Mac/112382132115181?ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106174396092070
entelechy
Jun 16, 2010
12:27pm
cross platform full mail/ calendar delegation?
I want to know that if I am using hosted exchange from my macbook pro that I will have full delegation functionality with my admin who uses a PC.
Simple, I am certain, to the developers and admins here... but I am my own help desk and do not want to be disappointed after a long wait for this, only to find out after release that full mail and calendar delegation are not there.
Dude
Jun 18, 2010
11:41am
Re: Office for Mac Drinking Cocoa at WWDC
shahroozohio
Jul 01, 2010
12:45pm
Excel 2010/2011
Enterprise Mac User
Jul 01, 2010
12:45pm
Why not Mac Office 2010?
The "version behind" Windows is BS today as we go into the second decade of the 21st century. But I don't think the MS bureaucrats seem to get it, and they still act like the last couple decades of the 20th century. I have noticed quality degraded ever since MS put the Mac unit into a separate corner of the MS campus back when MS (pardon the cliche) "bailed out" Apple back in the late 90s.
I cannot get why your programmers and developers seem to just be slackers and write fluffy posts about nothing on a blog that many people have wanted features that you appear to not care for. You guys work for Steve BALMER, not Steve JOBS, so if your staff wants to be "cool" work for the latter Steve.
Lots of us need the same features just like how both MS Office platforms were prior to 97, when the parity just went downhill. Exchange has been mentioned since the MSDN days, and I still remember the overwhelming requests of 99% of each comment wanting Exchange. And apparently we still don't have it yet.
Many of us are now an ever so growing refuges of the death of Windows as we know it. I am still making a decision on what platform to use, if its Windows, Macs or Linux. But with my growing demands of working with Windows Office documents, the Mac Office, OpenOffice.org, and iWork doesn't cut it. MS Office on the Mac has produced nothing but more headaches and potential diseases.
I also don't like the people who do the same thing I do (come from Windows), but then to ask things like "can you make a feature to link with my iPhoto/iMovie" or "make Entourage's databases like Mail" which defeats the purpose of Exchange based PSTs.
Please just do what the majority asks. Exchange (or OUTLOOK for that matter, dead obvious first on the list.) And lastly (to keep it simple) just copy every code from the Windows 2010 and port it onto the Mac! It's just that simple. The only diff would be to tweak it to make it work on the Mac.
This feature parity divide has no more excuses anymore. I wish the Windows Office takes control over the Mac division, and maybe there will be progress for the first time in the 21st Century. Maybe by Office 2011, it will be just as compatible as Office 97 that was for WINDOWS.
Apologies for my unhappy expectations for one of the best of the best office products around, that is if you have Windows.
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