[NPMUG] ALERT : Microsoft Office 2008 issues reported

[Dave Sevick]

Microsoft Discussion Groups:
Problems with slow downs, and possible font issues .....
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.mac.office&tid=63a41b23-119e-4a1c-b9cc-c3d3f41223b3&cat=en_US_121572df-97f7-480e-abff-bbefff045ff2&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1

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One of my clients writes tonight :

"Dave,

Thanks for the update. Unfortunately, my experience has not been a  
good one with Office and Snow Leopard.  The biggest issue is that Word  
crashes a lot (80% of the time) when I go to save a  
document...particularly if I did an edit and try Save As.  The  
document will save but the crash occurs and the warning message asks  
if I want to send the info to Microsoft and tells me the data may be  
lost.  So far, no lost data, just very annoying.  Also, I had Safari  
crash once and I also got a random black/blue screen that wouldn't  
wake up until I closed the laptop cover and reopened. "

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Although Microsoft says it is ready .......

http://www.officeformac.com/blog/Ready-for-Snow-Leopard


Ready for Snow Leopard?
Aug 28, 2009 9:57 AM

Hello from the Enterprise side of the MacBU! For those who may not  
remember, I am a Sr. Product Manager focusing on the Enterprise  
customer segment, and one of my favorite parts of my job is sitting  
down with customers and talking about our plans, and getting input and  
feedback from them based on their environments and business needs.  
With our recent announcements, including the release of Entourage  
2008, Web Services Edition (http://www.officeformac.com/blog/A-New-Outlook-for-Mac-Office 
), and Apple’s release of Snow Leopard today, I’ve been quite busy  
with these types of meetings. Folks are interested in Office 2008  
compatibility with Snow Leopard as well as learning more about how to  
ensure their organizations have reliable Exchange support. I thought  
I’d take a minute to post about some of the common questions and hot  
topics that have come up during these conversations:

Q. Are there any differences with Office 2008 for Mac running on Snow  
Leopard vs. Leopard?
A. Office 2008 for Mac is Snow Leopard tested and ready! Best of all,  
with the launch of Snow Leopard, the bulk of the Word 2008 Spaces  
issues have been fixed after our collaborative efforts to address the  
problem.


Q. How does Entourage Exchange server support compare to Snow Leopard  
Exchange Server support via Mail, iCal, Contacts?
A. Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition offers the most complete  
Exchange client on a Mac with overall improved e‐mail and calendaring  
support for better reliability, compatibility and security. Based on  
our six year history in delivering Exchange support, we have spent  
time listening and working with our customers to best understand their  
needs to provide the most complete Exchange scenario with an  
integrated workflow between calendar, mail, contacts, tasks, and  
notes. To date, we’ve seen great response from customers on the Web  
Services Edition release, and are eager to continue to get essential  
feedback from them that we can apply to our new email application,  
Outlook for Mac.


Q. What are the top requests that Enterprise customers request?
A. Each customer and their environment are different, but there have  
definitely been some consistent requests. The top one was delivered in  
Entourage, Web Services Edition which was the ability to sync your  
tasks, notes, and categories with Exchange Server. We’ve also been  
asked to improve the SharePoint experience for Mac users to allow for  
stronger cross platform collaboration, which drove the release of our  
Document Connection tool that shipped with our Service Pack 2 release,  
and we will continue to invest in SharePoint for the next version.

Some other features that are highly requested and have been announced  
are getting rid of the single database that we have in Entourage  
today, and deliver a file-based database. This will come out with our  
Outlook for Mac release. Finally, we consistently get requests for  
Information Rights Management support, which we will deliver in the  
next release of the suite coming out Holiday 2010.


Q. What does the MacBU have in store for the future?
A. Well, I can ‘t really go into much more detail than has already  
been announced, but we are continuing to listen to our customers and  
are hard at work to deliver on the top requested features in our core  
apps for the next version of Office for Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,  
and Outlook), and in connecting to our Microsoft server and service  
products such as Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Communication Server.

As always, we are listening and we greatly value your input! Please  
continue to submit feedback to us either through your account  
representative or through our “Contact Us” page athttp://www.microsoft.com/mac/contactus. 
mspx.  Stay tuned for more exciting news and details as we drive  
towards the next version of Office for Mac!
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