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    VBA returns to future versions of Office for Mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by tpoynton, Jun 23, 2008.

  1. tpoynton

    tpoynton Notebook Geek

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    saw this today at http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-13MacBU2008PR.mspx , and I dont recall reading anything about it here, so I thought I'd post it. the part I am most interested in is:

    "The Mac BU also announced it is bringing VBA-language support back to the next version of Office for Mac. Sharing information with customers as early as possible continues to be a priority for the Mac BU to allow customers to plan for their software needs.2 Although the Mac BU increased support in Office 2008 with alternate scripting tools such as Automator and AppleScript — and also worked with MacTech Magazine to create a reference guide, available at http://www.mactech.com/vba-transition-guide — the team recognizes that VBA-language support is important to a select group of customers who rely on sharing macros across platforms. The Mac BU is always working to meet customers’ needs and already is hard at work on the next version of Office for Mac."

    as someone who tries to develop cross-platform code (hobby, not professionally), I was happy to read this!
     
    tpoynton, Jun 23, 2008
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  2. Durious

    Durious Notebook Evangelist

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    They almost had to, removing that functionality caused a lot of missed sales. The other improvement to increase sale would be to fix Entourage.. Those were the largest two complaints on release of 2008.. and for 550+ tax's... It's not to much to ask for.
     
    Durious, Jun 23, 2008
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  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Unfortunately, I wouldn't expect the next version of Office until say 2010, so it'll be tough for those reliant on it until then. For me, I don't really need the power of Office (pretty light user if you ask me), so I'm fine with iWork or Office. I prefer Word over Pages, Keynote and PowerPoint 07/08 are on par for me, Numbers I find easier to use but Excel is obviously more powerful.
     
    Sam, Jun 23, 2008
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  4. thepreacha619

    thepreacha619 Notebook Evangelist

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    hey, how come the mac version of office so different from the windows version? the windows version looks alot better imo.
    (talking mac office 08 vs windows office 07 btw)
     
    thepreacha619, Jun 23, 2008
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  5. Durious

    Durious Notebook Evangelist

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    Well microsoft wouldn't want the business world to shift to the Mac OS. That's there largest business, but they still like to make profit on small markets just the same.
     
    Durious, Jun 23, 2008
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  6. fan of laptop

    fan of laptop Notebook Evangelist

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    I never use VBA on word or anything like that, so office 2008 is fine with me. Well, different people have different demand.
    For me, I am using office 2004 for mac and I do not use it that much. Most of time I am using latex, which is perfect for editing formulas.
     
    fan of laptop, Jun 23, 2008
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