Office 2007 Details?
APC Magazine claims to have some details about Microsoft's upcoming Office 2007 for the Mac.
As expected, Microsoft is coding the next version of Mac Office as a Universal Binary application, allowing Intel-Macs to run the application natively.
At this stage, Microsoft Mac Business Unit has only just finished the transition to Apple's X-Code development environment which is required to deploy a Universal Binary application. The next milestone is expected to be a refresh of the user interface, which remains in development.
According to the article, the new version isn't expected until the third quarter of 2007.
As expected, Microsoft is coding the next version of Mac Office as a Universal Binary application, allowing Intel-Macs to run the application natively.
Being able to sidestep the Rosetta translation layer which enables Power PC applications to run under the Intel architecture should in itself deliver a significant speed boost to Office [2007]
At this stage, Microsoft Mac Business Unit has only just finished the transition to Apple's X-Code development environment which is required to deploy a Universal Binary application. The next milestone is expected to be a refresh of the user interface, which remains in development.
According to the article, the new version isn't expected until the third quarter of 2007.
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71 months ago
Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: First details of Office 2007 for Mac. All new UI.
Description:: Office 2007 for Mac will have an all-new UI that borrows from the "Ribbon" concept in Office 2007 for Windows, along with XML file formats and of course Universal Binary codebase. The bad news? It's not due for another year.
Posted on MacBytes.com
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71 months ago
IMHO, Office 97 for Windows and Office 98 for the Mac was the best combo. Menus were identical. Simple to go back and forth between the two.
I hope that Office 2007 for Mac and Windows shares this commonality. It makes it so much easier to use, and makes it more platform independent.
I hope that Office 2007 for Mac and Windows shares this commonality. It makes it so much easier to use, and makes it more platform independent.
71 months ago
I still don't think the Mac version of Office will be called "Office 2007". It causes too much confusion for the support folks. It's more likely that it'll be called "Office 2008" on the Mac, particularly since it'll almost be 2008 when it's released.
71 months ago
Remember, Microsoft committed to the Office 2007 name while Office 12 was still to ship in September 2006.
Most of their stuff was named for the next year so that it did not seem "outdated" by the time it gets pushed out the door. That is why Microsoft changed their naming structure to XP and Vista because the marketing team and bankers took the lead to make sure that the next Windows 2000 would not seem so last century.
Most of their stuff was named for the next year so that it did not seem "outdated" by the time it gets pushed out the door. That is why Microsoft changed their naming structure to XP and Vista because the marketing team and bankers took the lead to make sure that the next Windows 2000 would not seem so last century.
71 months ago
Wow this is nice! But...I want it now, not 2009 when it is really going to come out.
In the end, it is MS...remember vista? Yeah me neither.
In the end, it is MS...remember vista? Yeah me neither.
71 months ago
This is huge - shouldn't it be posted on the front page?
I don't expect it to hit the front page until more concrete details emerge (like screenshots, for instance...). It's just too far away from hitting the shelves...
71 months ago
Definitely good news. I've actually been enjoying the Office 2007 beta for Windows, so it will be nice if some of the ideas in it to make their way to the OS X version of Office.
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