Upgrade Mac MSO v.X To Mac MSO 2004 To Mac MSO 2008

[John McGhie]

Hi Matt:

Yes, Office V.X is a qualifying product for the Upgrade version of 2008.

Yes, the ONLY feature missing from the Home and Student version is Exchange
Support. AppleScript support is common to all versions.

So: The Home and Student Edition is all you need. The Automator actions
are not in the box but they can be downloaded from all over the Internet, or
you can make your own.

However, as Jolly Rodger points out, you are better advised to buy 2004 now
and take the free upgrade to 2008 when it comes out. Because 2004 has
features that 2008 does not.

Cheers

I don't need Exchange at the present time. I would like to have the
Automator Actions available. I also want the ability to write
AppleScripts for Office. Will the Home edition have AppleScript support?


To the specific point, can Office v.X be upgraded to Office 2008 for
Mac (standard) for the $240 upgrade price? That is where I don't find
any official statement.

Matt

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
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[John McGhie]

Hi Kurt:

Yeah, we enjoy talking to you, too.

Google is a lot better than one other alternative that comes to mind
But if you get serious, a newsreader is a hell of a lot faster and easier.

For even better service, set up an account to connect directly to
msnews.microsoft.com. That way you will normally see each post within about
120 seconds, rather than having to wait for it to propagate to your local
server, which can take as long as ten days

One other point worth mentioning is that the Microsoft server has an
automatic de-spammer running, and has a firewall that prevents spammers from
harvesting email addresses from it.

The machinery is not 100 per cent perfect, but it cuts the irritation level
way back

Oh: And most MVPs are useful only in a SINGLE product. In my case, I do
Word only: I am completely illiterate in Excel or PowerPoint

Cheers

You employ a very interesting metaphor which made me grin. I spent a
few years in the hardware and software development business. I've known
quite a few people both inside and outside of the IT business who were
quite good (proficient) at what they did, but didn't have the slightest
inkling (and could care less) about how their tools and the associated
support structure worked. Regarding your very last statement, you are
right of course, insofar as those skills are accompanied by a knowledge
and appreciation of their requisite tools of the trade. However, such
is not always the case. Some (dare I say "consummate professionals"?)
people are quite good at what they do and they know every last detail of
the ins and outs of their work, their processes, their tools, and their
methods. Others are still quite good but lack that detailed knowledge
of the hows and the whys. Yet, they still produce wonderful end
results. I suspect that you and I have seen both types.

I've enjoyed our chat very much. Thank you for that.

By the way, I've decided to stop using Google and have returned to using
MT-Newswatcher. I used Google for this NG as a test. I don't care for
it.

Regards,

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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
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