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What's new in Office 2008
What's new for the IT professional
For the IT professional who implements and maintains applications and technical solutions across
an organization, Office 2008 for Mac comes with improved deployment applications. These
applications are designed to help reduce the amount of time that is required to plan and execute
deployments, as well as to simplify the tasks that are associated with managing the organization's
desktop clients. Here are highlights of some of the new and enhanced features in Office 2008.
Office 2008
Office 2008 offers streamlined manageability for the IT professional, helping your team collect,
organize, and share critical information across boundaries. The following list describes some of the
new features in Office 2008.
Universal binary format
Office 2008 uses the universal binary format and is therefore optimized for both Intel-based and
PowerPC-based Macintosh computers.
Open XML Formats
Open XML Formats are now the default file formats for Word 2008, Excel 2008, and PowerPoint
2008. These new file formats allow users to create documents from different data sources, reduce
file sizes, and recover data from corrupted files more easily.
The file formats are based on compressed XML and are therefore substantially smaller than earlier
versions of Office binary formats. This helps businesses reduce the costs that are associated with
document storage.
Note With the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, you can convert Open XML files to a
format that is compatible with Office 2004 for Mac and Office v. X for Mac. File conversion
tools are available in the Downloads
area of the Office for Mac Web site
(www.microsoft.com/mac).
Enhanced deployment tools
Office 2008 uses the Apple-recommended Apple Installer technology for installation. This makes
the installation process more efficient because the data that Office installs is in the .pkg format.
Office Installer is compatible with Apple Remote Desktop and the installation applications are
AppleScript-ready.
The Office Installer includes enhanced customization capabilities, such as optional font
installations, to assist the IT professional in distributing resources.