/i/no_photo.gif' width='60' height='45' vspace='2' border='0' alt=' /> Includes Word 2004 Excel 2004 PowerPoint 2004 Entourage 2004 MSN Messenger 4.0 Word 2004 Excel 2004 PowerPoint 2004 Entourage 2004 MSN Messenger 4.0 Word 2004 Excel 2004 PowerPoint 2004 Entourage 2004 MSN Messenger 4.0 Virtual PC for Mac Version 7.0 with Windows XP Pro Full price $149 $399 $499 Upgrade price N/A $239 $329 # of licenses 3 1 1 Installing the new Office for Mac is simple and painless. The Setup Assistant lets you pick from standard, full, or custom installations using a list of check boxes. If you're a power user--or if you can't be bothered with the setup wizard--you can simply drag and drop Office 2004 onto your hard drive. Unlike the Windows version of Office, there's no product activation in Office 2004. The Standard and editions include a single user license, while the provides three licenses.
Install Office 2004 Choose Office Setup or just drag and drop. Note: Problems can occur using the installer. In some cases the installer cannot overwrite certain files. Use the drag-and-drop method of installation instead. Don't share you CD Key. The next thing you know it will be all over the internet and a version updater will disable the pirated number.
The Navigation Pane is a long overdue feature that gives you a thumbnail view of your pages in the left-hand column (similar to the view you get in Adobe Acrobat). Finally, the new Notebook Layout View lets you take notes in a ruled notebook format, complete with collapsible outline headings and the ability to record and embed audio clips into your notes, which could come in handy if you're in a meeting or conducting an interview. You can even record audio during presentations and time-stamp them for quick reference.
Excel 2004 [ ]. Main article: Included with Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition, Microsoft Virtual PC is a which emulates on which are -based. Virtual PC does not work on Intel-based Macs and in August 2006, Microsoft announced it would not be ported to Intel-based Macintoshes, effectively discontinuing the product as PowerPC-based Macintoshes are no longer manufactured. Criticism [ ] Images inserted into any Office 2004 application by using either cut and paste or drag and drop result in a file that does not display the inserted graphic when viewed on a Windows machine. Instead, the Windows user is told 'QuickTime and a TIFF (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture'. Peter Clark of Geek Boy's Blog presented one solution in December 2004.
Office 2008 Font Install: Office 2008 uses a different method for fonts and many fonts are new versions. Office 2008 will install fonts to the /Library/Fonts/Microsoft folder. By being at the root, then all users on the machine have access to them and you don't get Office 2008 putting multiple copies on the machine for each user. The installer will scour /Library/Fonts/ and ~/Library/Fonts/ for fonts with the same name and move them to /Library/Disabled Fonts/ or ~/Library/Disabled Fonts/ depending on where they were found.
For this reason, it is not compatible with and newer. Office 2004 was replaced by its successor,, which was developed as a to run natively on Intel Macs.
What you've been finding are updates to Office 2004, not upgrades. Updates are 'tune ups' that improve compatibility/performance/etc. Of a specific version. They require that the base installation of the version to which they pertain be installed. IOW, you cannot apply an Office 2004 update if Office 2004 isn't installed. Having upgraded your OS you need to upgrade your software accordingly. An upgrade is a newer version/release of the actual software.
Geek Boy's Blog. From the original on December 6, 2004.
However, Office 2008 did not include support for, which made Microsoft extend the support period by an additional 27 months for their older Office 2004. Microsoft ultimately shipped support for Visual Basic in, which also dropped PowerPC support altogether. As of January 10, 2012, support for Office 2004 for Mac has ended: no further updates or support will be provided from Microsoft. Main article: Microsoft Word is a which possesses a dominant market share in the word processor market. Its proprietary format is considered a standard, although its successive Windows version (Word 2007) uses a new XML-based format called.DOCX, but has the capability of saving and opening the old.DOC format. The new format was built into the next version of Office for Mac (Office 2008). However, it is also supported on Office 2004 with the help of a free conversion tool available from Microsoft.
You can even drag and drop Address Book contacts directly into Entourage (although any images associated with your contacts will be lost in translation). If you're setting up your e-mail accounts for the first time and are using a well-known ISP, Entourage 2004 will fill in your settings for you. In our tests, Entourage handled our Yahoo and Verizon POP accounts with ease, and we were soon sending and receiving messages without a hitch.
You might need it to reinstall. Minimum OS Requirements for Office 2004 (10.2.8 ) After the install, be sure to • Restart • • Empty the trash. Old copies there can cause problems. It's important to install updaters. See the for complete info on updaters.
The user forums, however, are hit or miss. You might get a quick, helpful answer from a fellow user, or you could get a snarky remark and nothing more. In other words, you're on your own. If you'd rather get help directly from Microsoft, you can either call or e-mail for assistance. The first two calls or e-mail queries are free (although toll charges apply), but after that, you'll have to pay $35 per incident via a toll-free number. Incidentally, support for installation issues is free and unlimited. Phone support hours are Monday through Friday 5 a.m.