Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Business Edition Upgrade

Product Overview
Microsoft Word 2008New formatting tools, views, templates, and a fresh,intuitive user interface in Word 2008 can help transform creative ideasinto great-looking documents.  In addition to enhancementsmade to the standard print layout view, Word 2008 introduces a newspecialized environment called publishing layout view that bringsdesktop-publishing caliber tools to Word

• Create Professional-Looking Documents -Word 2008 helps produce professional-looking documents by providing acomprehensive set of tools, such as publishing layout view, newpublishing templates, and ligatures in fonts, for creating andformatting documents.
• Document Elements (for word processing) -This feature can help automate common, but sometimes time-consumingtasks.  Available in the Elements Gallery, theseprofessionally designed publishing components include cover pages,tables of contents, headers, footers, and bibliographies to help usersquickly assemble complex documents.
• Publishing Layout View (for layout-rich documents)- This new specialized environment in Word 2008 combines powerfuldesktop publishing tools and designer templates in one location. Users can use publishing layout view to quickly createprofessional-looking documents that are traditionally created by usingadvanced Desktop Publishing  (DTP) applications.
• Use Improved Notebook Layout View -Word 2008 introduces significant enhancements to notebook layout view. In Word 2008, users can customize and personalize notebookdocuments with different appearances and backgrounds. Notebook tabs now support colors for improved categorizationof notes, and can be dragged across different Word notebook documents. The audio recording preferences for notebook layout now offereasier customization.
• Use Improved Mail Merge - The newstreamlined Mail Merge Manager in Word 2008 combines information from adata source with information in a Word document so that users don'thave to create multiple versions of the document by hand. Performing mail merges by integrating Word documents, emails,forms, and contacts is simple and much faster than the manualalternative.

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Microsoft Excel 2008Excel 2008 helps users manage their data for powerfulresults, visually persuasive charts, and thought-provoking graphs. Ledger sheets in Excel 2008 make tracking finances,inventories, invoices, and even portfolios easy with preformattedspreadsheets and automatic calculations

• Use Improved Tools for Writing Formulas -The Formula Builder helps users create formulas in a simple, step-bystep approach.   Create formulas, search for functions, insertfunctions and arguments in existing formulas, and get help on all Excelfunctions.  With Formula AutoComplete, users can write andedit formulas without having to remember function names, defined names,or other elements of a formula.  Just type the formula in acell, and then choose valid functions, names, and named ranges incontext.
• Create Professional-Looking Charts -The new charting features include 3D shapes, transparency, softshadows, and other special effects.  Because charts in Excel2008 have the same functionality as drawing objects, users can apply aworkbook theme or add an assortment of visual effects to a chart. Users also can format different chart areas, such as the plotarea, the title, the data label, or the legend, and can rotate and flipcharts with precision.
• Use More Rows and Columns - To enableusers to explore substantial amounts of data in spreadsheets, Excel2008 supports more than 1 million rows and 16 thousand columns persheet.  Specifically, the Excel 2008 grid is 1,048,576 rows by16,284 columns, which provides users with 1,5005% more rows and 6,300%more columns than was available in earlier versions of Excel.

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2008Users can create and deliver dynamic presentations thatinspire their audience's imagination with compelling visuals andlayouts.  Slide themes in PowerPoint 2008 give yourpresentation a professional and unified design.

• Enhance the Visual Effects with New Themes andRich Graphics - Office 2008 comes with new themes, layouts,and Quick Styles that offer users a wide range of formatting options.Themes simplify the process of creating professional presentations. With one click, all the background, text, graphics, charts,and tables change to reflect the new theme.  PowerPoint alsonow supports true 3D shapes and images, bevels, powerful customgradient support, reflections, soft shadows control, glow effects, andmuch more.
• Choose from the New Custom-Designed Table Styles -Users can choose from 74 custom-designed table styles. There is eventhe ability to have banded tables and different looks for the headerand last row.  In addition, the new table properties allow youto easily add columns and rows directly from the formatting palette.
• Customize Presentation Layouts - Userscan use custom layouts to make text and other objects appear preciselywhere they want them to on their slides.  For each layout,users can specify the number, size, and location of placeholders,background properties, graphic images, charts, and diagrams.

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Microsoft Entourage 2008Entourage 2008 provides new features to help users managetime and information, instantly locate information, and protectimportant document and files.  My Day and the To Do List aresome of the new features that help users organize information in newand rich ways.  The new user interface makes it easier forusers to see and make changes to their schedules quickly and easily.

• Keep Email More Secure and Reduce Spam -Junk email protection in Entourage 2008 identifies and filters out moreunwanted messages than earlier versions of Entourage.  Userscan choose from different levels of junk email protection and setoptions to determine the optimum settings. Entourage 2008 also detectsphishing messages that might have links to fraudulent websites.
• Prioritize and Manage Time - My Day inEntourage manages schedules and tasks in one easy interface. By using the new My Day and To Do List features, users canquickly view calendar events and manage their To Do List from theirdesktops without having to open Entourage.
• Find Information Quickly - To help usersbetter manage their time and information, Entourage 2008 offers anumber of new and improved features, from Spotlight search to assigningcolor-coded categories to items.  These features make iteasier to locate, manage, prioritize, and act on the volumes ofinformation that users encounter every day.