#Microsoft office 2008 mac update update#

Update – the pricing on the Special Media Edition has changed slightly even in the few hours since it was written.

Since street prices can and do change, how long this situation will last is anyone’s guess. This little pricing trick only applies to street prices – the official price of Special Media Edition is $100 more than the Full bundle. The fancy name and lack of product knowledge means that store managers don’t realize that the Full edition is a subset of the Special Media Edition.

#Microsoft office 2008 mac update for mac#

Office 2008 for Mac includes the same core programs currently. Microsoft stopped supporting Office 2008 on April 9, 2013. Office 2008 is the last version to feature Entourage, which was replaced by Outlook in Office 2011. the Microsoft link to download 12.3.6 leads nowhere, as does their 'contact live support' link. As the last thing on earth I desire is yet another monthly subscription I would like to try remedying this with an update (currently using 2.2).

#Microsoft office 2008 mac update for mac os#

We suspect it isn’t selling well and retailers are trying to clear their shelves – hence the lower price. Microsoft Office 2008 is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Mac OS X. Ive just updated to OSX El Capitan and unfortunately Word 2008 keeps hanging. Why is the Special Media Edition selling for less than the Full edition even though it has more in it? Good question. Even if you don’t want Expression Media you’re better off buying the Special Media Edition and ignoring the extra element while getting all the same core Office 2008 for Mac components at a lower price. ‘Expression Media’ is Microsoft’s “digital asset management tool” and retails for $200. In addition to the above, the Special Media Edition contains

Automator Actions for Workflows in Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition Upgradeīoth the Full and Special Media Editions of Office 2008 for Mac contain (quoting from the Microsoft Store):.

MS Office 2008 Home And Student Edition 2008. Publication date 2009 Topics office, 2008, mac. MS Office 2008 Home And Student Edition 2008 for Mac by Microsoft.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition MS Office 2008 Home And Student Edition 2008 for Mac Item Preview.

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It was available on the developers website when we last checked. This application is not distributed for free. If you want to check the latest prices here’s the links to Amazon: Thank you for using our Mac software portal. However similar prices on the Special Media Edition are available elsewhere). (That price quoted on Amazon isn’t fulfilled by Amazon directly, instead it’s one of their retail partners.

#Microsoft office 2008 mac update full version#

That pricing is strange because it makes the street price of Office for Mac Full edition higher than the Special Media Edition even though the latter has all the software in the Full version and then some.īuy Office 2008 for Mac Full bundle it’ll cost you around $245 street price – but the same core Office software in the Special Media Edition and pay $197 – $48 less. The upgrade bundle is officially $299.95 while from it’s $129.99 – $170 less. The following information is primarily intended for IT professionals who are deploying Office for Mac to the users in their organizations. The Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition full version is priced on Amazon for $197.25 which is over $300 less than the official price of $500. Office for Mac that comes with a Microsoft 365 subscription is updated on a regular basis to provide new features, security updates, and non-security updates. While comparing the prices of Office products on the new Microsoft Store we came across a strange little pricing anomaly that could save you around $50 on the price of Office for Mac full edition. Manage all your source code within Dreamweaver and perform all common operations right from the Git panel. patched the latest version of Office for Mac yesterday to fix more than two-dozen problems, including a security snafu revealed just days after the suite was launched in mid-January. A streamlined and clutter-free interface lets you customize your workspace to show only the tools you need to code.

#Microsoft office 2008 mac update install#

If you’re thinking of buying Office 2008 for Mac there’s an interesting pricing anomaly that you might take advantage of, while it lasts. For information about the approximate download size when updating from a previous release of Microsoft 365 Apps to the most current release, see Download sizes for updates to Microsoft 365 Apps. Service packs) only, I have a fresh installation of Office 2008 running on one machine and would like to install the updates.