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Slagathor.
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I use a Mac at work (which I hate) but Office 2008 has actually made me like it a little bit. It's vastly superior to Windows Office 2007 in many ways.

The interface - done much better than 2007. It's ribbon-meets-iWork, and it's a joy to work with.
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Excel is vastly improved - Excel 2008 is easily the best spreadsheet software ever released. It's quicker and easier than ever to make a good spreadsheet and chart, and I can waste hours tweaking my charts to make them look cool.
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PowerPoint '08 - it puts the Power back in PowerPoint. Presentations look even better made on this than they do on 2007.
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I don't use Entourage as the Mail software that comes with the Mac is easier to set up.

No, this isn't an ad and I wasn't paid to shill for it. I just like it, and suggest that our resident Mac-lovers get it.

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Nini
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Thanks for your worthless insight which revealed next to nothing. I'll see how Office 2008 plays next week but I probably will only find real use for Excel and Entourage, iWork covers much of the rest.
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Gluben
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Office 2007 works fine for me. Just a shame that they didn't make all the components with the Ribbon interface.
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Using a phrase like
puts the Power back in PowerPoint
immediately renders anything you have to say void.
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Pete
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hmm, surely those images should have a scroll bar... *notes this down*
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Slagathor.
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lukey wrote:Using a phrase like
puts the Power back in PowerPoint
immediately renders anything you have to say void.
I was very tired.
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Jovis
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Brilliant, thanks for clearing that up. I can now read it, as that was the only flaw.
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Slagathor.
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The most fatal flaw of all is the fact that your posts appear on my screen every day.
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Sput
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Shush slaggy. There's only so much unintended irony I can take from one person.
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