Microsoft Office 2004 Professional (Mac)

Editorial Review:

Office 2004 Professional takes advantage of the powerful Mac OS X system, offering animated buttons, sheets, dialogue boxes & more. Getting your important work done is easy as clicking and going! Features the latest versions of Outlook, Powerpoint, and Word - with great new Mac-only features. New Presenter Tools for Powerpoint - tools like the on-screen clock, notes pane and thumbnail viewer make changes and adjustments simple Entourage 2004 offers improved junk e-mail protection, better Exchange support, advanced Three Columns and more -- get through your inbox faster than before Compatibility Reports determine compatibility between projects in Windows and Mac formats Stay in touch with MSN Messenger for Mac Work with any native Windows application with Virtual PC for Mac Version 7

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Great Program:

Great program. Received the item on time. Great price. Thank you.

The Only Office Suite for a Mac, and Better than Windows:

Oddly, Microsoft made a better version of Office for Mac than they did for Windows. Excel has more database features. Word has a few more formatting options. And, of course, PowerPoint was originally written for the Mac, so it is very much at home. These three are five star products. They work well and do just what you expect. They do the things a full-blown office suite is expected to do. If all you need is a text editor, then use TextEdit, or maybe Open Office. But if you need to do some serious office... more info

Acceptable product, a bit overpriced, watch out for font issues. Don't buy for Intel Macs!:

First: Product is pricey. Avoid it unless you absolutely need it.
Second: Bad interoperability between Mac and Windows versions. If you use the grab utility to copy/paste screenshots into Word, etc. and expect the document you created to open on a PC, better have Quicktime and TIFF decompressor. (Who had that bright idea?)
Third: Virtual PC DOES NOT WORK on Intel Macs. Best platform is PPC G4/G5. It's a CPU hog on G3, even if you max out your RAM.
Fourth: Here's the kicker. Better get a... more info

Good program-but look around:

This is a very good program. In fact, it's an excellent program.
The question is, though, is it excellent enough? Is it worth $400?
As the reviewers below note, there are free alternatives like NeoOffice. I have used these, and while MS Office is very, very good, NeoOffice is nearly as good and free.
If you're spending other people's money (i.e. you're in a business), MS Office is a must, of course. If you're spending your own money, try the free alternatives before committing.

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