Editorial Review

Graduate to Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher Edition and let your intellect shine. Groundbreaking new features in this release can help you manage, create, and share ideas with ease and confidence. For qualified educational users running Mac OS X version 10.2.8 or later, this is a must-have application suite that offers full compatibility with Windows versions of Microsoft Office applications, plus many new features that are only available to Mac users. When you're ready to get down to business, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac provides the intuitive, intelligent tools you need to transform your ideas and opportunities into action. Put Office 2004 to work for you, whether you use your Mac for home, school, or business.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• A productivity suite with a host of ground-breaking new features
• Full versions of the leading productivity applications from Microsoft
• Easily share ideas across platforms and around the globe
• Confidently create stunning documents with impressive new tools
• Spend less time managing info and more time using it

Reviews (67)

What can you compare it to
Microsoft Office for Mac is a great product and it's actually needed. I think it should be pre-installed on the computers instead of appleworks or pages. If your'e a student or you conduct business on your macintosh you're gonna need office for mac to communicate efficiently with the majority of computer users who use the windows operating systems simple as that. I purchased it mainly for word and if you've used the windows version of word you should have no problems using it for mac. I also used Powerpoint to create a presentation for my job, superb.

Some advances, some regressions
No doubt about the increased speed of Excel & Word compared to Office X for Mac. Many nice features, including a preview in the print window.
Office for Mac
The office for Mac 2004 software is a much needed improvement over 2001. The additional templates in Word are long over due. I know it won't happen, but I would like to see Publisher for Mac. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Microsoft Office 2003 (Professional Edition) represents a major upgrade to previous versions of the world's most popular suite of software applications. Office 2003 includes new and familiar products, features, and functionality that can help organizations and their employees connect to coworkers, information, and business processes quickly and effectively.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Suite includes Access 2003, Excel 2003, Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint 2003, Publisher 2003, and Word 2003
• Facilitates document sharing within teams; control what gets changed with enhanced permissions settings features
• Advanced security features and IRM capabilities lets you control when email or documents can be forwarded, copied or printed
• Word Formatting and Editing Restrictions let you set permission controls on entire documents or portions of a document to prevent modifications or reformatting.
• Outlook 2003 let you view multiple calendars next to your own to help you quickly compare schedules and plan meetings.

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Not the utilitarian option
Microsoft Office can be handy to have.The files you can open, edit and create with it (most notably .doc, .xls, and .ppt) are probably the closest to universal compatibility among all your high quality options. It's (relatively) intuitive.It has a pretty broad array of useful functions.
It's been some time since '97...
Office 97 was a pretty good product. The programs were powerful, had a decent interface (maybe not as good as the Claris products of the early 1990s, but not bad), and came with a ton of features all on one disc. The Office 98 release for Mac was pretty much the same thing. The only thing that really got annoying for me was the office assistant (paperclip) but it is easy enough to turn off.
Pro OFFICE PRO
I've been using Word for more than 20 years,
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Junk e-mail filtering and blocking of unsafe attachments
• Backward compatibility with older versions of Office programs
• Automatic backup and recovery of documents
• Create professional and effective documents using Word
• Access, analyze, and display data with Excel spreadsheets

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New Office software
I received Micrsoft Office 2003in excellant condition. The box was sealed and in good condition.
STOP!Seriously Consider Star Office 8 Instead!
Before you donate your hard-earned money yet again to Bill Gates' 'Feed the Multi-Billionaire Fund', do yourself and the world a favor and search for 'Star Office 8' on Amazon and read the reviews there.I use MS Office Professional 2003 in the office, and just cannot believe how badly so many businesses and individuals are being ripped off by Microsoft for this BLOAT-ware.
Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
The price was the best I could find.Ordering was hassle free and delivery was fast. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• A productivity suite with a host of ground-breaking new features
• Access e-mail, documents, contacts, and more from one central location
• Take notes, flag information, and record audio directly into documents
• Convenient Excel page-layout view and PowerPoint presenter tools
• Improved junk e-mail protection

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Microsoft Office Review
I recently purchased Microsoft office, and so far, I have had the chance to use Microsoft word.I am familiar with the product as I have had the older version before, with my old computer.
Microsoft Office 2004 Standard (MAC)
It's just packed with all kinds of goodies. I highly reccomend it.

Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash.
Microsoft Office for (or more importantly, Microsoft Word) for Mac (any Mac) crashes relentlessly and without mercy. I tried sending it back (on the day of purchase, get the picture?) but I was turned away, having already opened the boxes and the inside sleeves.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Supports a variety of data formats, including Extensible Markup Language ( XML ), OLE, Open Database Connectivity ( ODBC ), and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
• Access data from multiple databases in forms, reports, and data access pages, linking tables from other Access databases, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, ODBC data sources, Microsoft SQL Server databases & other sources
• Stored Procedure Designer creates & modifies procedures stored in SQL Server, without requiring you to learn Transact-SQL
• Quickly find tables, queries, forms or reports that depend on a particular database object
• Update properties automatically

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Excellent Information Managment Tool
Although many users may be a bit intimidated at the look of Access, it is worth the many hours learning how to use this software.
Access is a decent engine
MS Access...well, I have been using Access since 2.0, so I know a LOT of the ins and outs.
Review from an Office developer
I've had the pleasure of developing and maintaining a new database in Access 2003 over the past 6 months. The previous 3 years before that I had developed in Access 97 and migrated to Access XP. So, what are my impressions of 2003?
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Editorial Review

Microsoft Office 2003 (Professional Edition) represents a major upgrade to previous versions of the world's most popular suite of software applications. Office 2003 includes new and familiar products, features, and functionality that can help organizations and their employees connect to coworkers, information, and business processes quickly and effectively.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Analyze and manage business information using Access databases
• Exchange data with other systems using enhanced XML technology
• Control information sharing rules with enhanced IRM technology
• Easy-to-use wizards to create e-mail newsletters and printed marketing materials
• More than 20 preformatted business reports

Reviews (38)

Don't do it! (unless you have to, of course)
This upgrade is a disaster. First of all, in Word, the view markups function is the default now, so you have to go through and change all the settings to hide markups (most people in my department do not want to see those distracting colors and balloons and do not need to edit the doc in any way). However, if you want to send a document that does not have the tracked changes embedded -- because you don't know which version of Word the recipient has, and you can't take the chance of them seeing all those comments -- you have to go through the document again, view markups, reject the comments, Accept Changes, and resave. It's kind of difficult to explain, and frustrating too. People think that if they can't see it, then the recipient won't be able to see it either.
MS Office Pro Upgrade - upgrade from what?!
The major flaw with this product is that it's not clear which version of Office you can upgrade FROM.
Microsoft Office Pro 2003
Microsoft Office Pro 2003 edition is a good product. It installed easily over Office Pro 1997. I haven't had any problems with it (yet). It relies heavily on online links, you probably should have a fast DSL connection or broadband if you are going to use the online links.
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Features

• CD-ROM

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Features

• CD-ROM
• DVD-ROM
• MSDN Premium includes latest Microsoft operating systems and productivity applications.
• MSDN includes technical support and continuously updated technical content.

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• CD-ROM
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Schedule+

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• CD-ROM

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Good Program, BAD INSTALLATION by flawed design.
~A) Software does not self-install -- no matter what you do(any kind of prayer beads don't even help!!!...I tried them all...)