Microsoft is committed to providing Office 2008 for Macs
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The latest information relayed by BetaNews, the next version of Microsoft Office will be deployed for MACs "in the second half of 2007". Office suite Office 2008 will also be delivered in universal binaries, that is to say, it will be installable on systems based on Intel or PowerPC.
Among the notable new features, support for Open XML documents (reading and writing) as well as improvements on "user experience research." According to BetaNews, Roz Ho, general manager of Mac BU (Business Unit) at Microsoft, said in a statement: "Office 2007 is, by far the most intuitive productivity suite available for Mac that we have developed this day. (...) I was able to witness the progression of the product, and am excited about the possibilities that will soon be available for our customers when Office 2007 will be launched during this year. "
Note that the two versions, for Mac and Windows, will be based on the same engine "Ribbon" and feature similar interfaces that enable to move easily from one platform to another, to transfer documents from Windows to Mac and vice versa. Specific features for MACs will also be provided and updated to make it look more Mac-style.
Ho concluded his statement by stating: "For over two decades, Microsoft has committed to deliver quality and innovation on the Macintosh platform while maintaining compatibility incommensurate with PCs." Meet at the second half of 2007.
