Microsoft Office for Mac - makes it easy to simplify your workday

Office 2008 for Mac makes it easy to simplify your workday. Achieve more with beautiful docs, spreadsheets and multimedia presentations.

Most Recent Update- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.9 Update
This update improves security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code. In addition, this update readies Office 2008 for Mac for the installation of Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition, and must be installed before Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition is installed.

How to Install
1. Click Download, or click the link for the language version that you want.

2. Follow the instructions on the screen to save the file to your hard disk. If you are using Safari, the downloaded file is saved to the desktop unless you specified a different location in the Preferences dialog box of Safari. To check your preferences, on the Safari menu, click Preferences, and then click General.

3. Double-click the file that you downloaded in step 5 to place the Office 2008 12.1.9 Update volume on your desktop, and then double-click the Office 2008 12.1.9 Update volume to open it. This step might have been performed for you.

4. In the Office 2008 12.1.9 Update volume window, double-click the Office 2008 12.1.9 Update application to start the update process, and then follow the instructions on the screen.

5. If the installation finishes successfully, you can remove the update installer from your hard disk. To remove the update installer, first drag the Office 2008 12.1.9 Update volume to the Trash, and then drag the file that you downloaded to the Trash.

Word for Mac

New formatting tools, views, templates, and a fresh, intuitive user interface in Word 2008 can help you make your documents look as good as your ideas.


Publishing layout view in Word 2008 includes specialized tools like professional quality layout guides and templates.

You can use Word to create many different professional-looking documents, from simple letters to business cards, newsletters, and books.

In this tutorial, you will create a simple document to learn the skills basic to working with all documents.

Step 1: Learn the major areas of a document
Open Word to create a blank document

A document is where you work in Word. When you open Word, a new blank document appears.

Step 2: Select and format text
Select text

To work with text in a document, you first have to indicate which text you want to work with. You do this by "selecting" the text. You can select individual characters, specific words, or whole paragraphs.

Step 3: Edit text
Copy and paste

Copy and Paste make it easy to reuse text without having to retype it.

 

Step 4: Finish up

Excel 2008 for Mac

You can use Excel 2008 to track, analyze, and chart everything from simple lists to complex financial transactions.

In this tutorial, you will create a simple Excel workbook to learn the skills basic to working with all workbooks.

Step 1: Learn the major areas of a workbook
Create a blank workbook

A workbook is an Excel "document" where you work with numbers and lists. It's the electronic version of a ledger with columns and rows that form a grid. When you open Excel, a new blank workbook appears.

Step 2: Enter data
Enter column headings

The best way to keep your data organized and easier to analyze is by using column headings. For example, a sheet that contains data to track book sales might include the column headings Month, Total Sales, and Books Sold.

Step 3: Format data for the look you want
Select data

To work with data on a sheet, you first have to indicate which data you want to work with. You do this by “selecting” the data.

Step 4: Peform basic calculations
Total a column of numbers by using AutoSum

To perform calculations on data, you use a formulaA sequence of values, cell references, names, functions, or operators in a cell that produces a new value from existing values. A formula always begins with an equal sign (=).. Just as the AutoFill feature made it easy to enter months, the AutoSum feature makes it easy to create simple formulas (for example, to total a column of numbers).

Step 5: Save the workbook

Powerpoint 2008 for Mac

In this tutorial, you will create a simple presentation to learn the skills basic to working with all presentations.



Step 1: Get started
Open PowerPoint to create a blank presentation

Step 2: Add slides and text
Add slides

By default, the blank presentation contains only one slide. You can add slides in several different ways.

Step 3: Work with themes, layouts, and objects
Apply a slide theme

A theme creates a unified look for your presentation by using colors, fonts, backgrounds, and graphics that complement one another. There are 50 built-in slide themes that you can apply to a presentation.

Step 4: Edit and arrange
Format text and objects

Most text and object formatting in a presentation is defined by the slide theme. However, you can use the Formatting Palette to apply different styles and effects to any slide text or object.

Step 5: Finish up

System Requirement

System Requirements for
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

To run Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac, your computer must meet the following requirements:

•	Processor: A Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (500 MHz or faster) processor
•	Operating System: Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later
•	Memory: 512 MB of RAM or more
•	1.5 GB of available hard disk space
•	Hard Disk: HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
•	Drives: DVD drive or connection to a local area network (if installing over a network)
•	Display: 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor
•	Entourage and certain features require Internet access (fees may apply)

For Office 2008 for Mac and Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Editions: Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later is required for certain advanced functionality in Entourage 2008.

Additional items or services required to use certain features:

•	Modem: 14.4 Kbps or higher.
•	Internet Access: Internet connection through either an Internet service provider (ISP) or a network. Internet access might require a separate fee to an ISP; local or long-distance telephone charges might also apply.