<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
productivity	O
suite	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supersedes	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
(	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
Intel	O
native	O
code	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
equivalent	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Macintosh	O
Business	O
Unit	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
2011	I-Operating_System
released	O
on	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
requiring	O
a	O
Mac	O
with	O
an	O
Intel	O
processor	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
version	I-Application
10.5	I-Application
or	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
is	O
also	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
feature	O
Entourage	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Outlook	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2011	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
stopped	O
supporting	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
on	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
slated	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
2007	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
delayed	O
until	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
purportedly	O
to	O
allow	O
time	O
to	O
fix	O
lingering	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
only	O
version	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
for	I-Application
Mac	I-Application
supplied	O
as	O
a	O
Universal	B-Operating_System
Binary	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
was	O
not	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
before	O
its	O
scheduled	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
includes	O
the	O
same	O
core	O
programs	O
currently	O
included	O
with	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
:	O
Entourage	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
and	O
Word	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac-only	O
features	O
included	O
are	O
a	O
publishing	O
layout	O
view	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
functionality	O
similar	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
Publisher	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
Ledger	O
Sheet	O
mode	O
"	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
to	O
ease	O
financial	O
tasks	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
My	O
Day	O
"	O
application	O
offering	O
a	O
quick	O
way	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
day	O
's	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
supports	O
the	O
new	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
format	O
,	O
and	O
defaults	O
to	O
saving	O
all	O
files	O
in	O
this	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2008	O
Geoff	O
Price	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
format	O
conversion	O
update	O
for	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
would	O
be	O
delayed	O
until	O
June	O
2008	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
first	O
update	O
to	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
is	O
not	O
supported	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
such	O
Excel	B-Application
add-ins	O
dependent	O
on	O
VBA	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
Solver	O
,	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
bundled	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
exploring	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
bringing	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
Solver	O
back	O
to	O
Excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
Solver	O
for	O
Excel	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
was	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
from	O
Frontline	O
Systems	O
,	O
original	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
Excel	B-Application
Solver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Excel	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
also	O
lacks	O
other	O
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Pivot	O
Chart	O
functionality	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
long	O
been	O
a	O
feature	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
VBA	B-Language
will	O
be	O
making	O
a	O
return	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
for	I-Application
Mac	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleScript	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Open	O
Scripting	O
Architecture	O
will	O
still	O
be	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
lacks	O
feature	O
parity	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
(	O
VBA	B-Language
)	O
support	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
makes	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
use	O
macros	O
programmed	O
in	O
VBA	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
response	O
is	O
that	O
adding	O
VBA	B-Language
support	O
in	O
Xcode	O
would	O
have	O
resulted	O
in	O
an	O
additional	O
two	O
years	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
cycle	O
of	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
unsupported	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
OMML	B-Operating_System
equations	O
generated	O
in	O
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Office	O
"	O
Ribbon	O
"	O
,	O
Mini	O
Toolbar	O
,	O
Live	O
Preview	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
extensive	O
list	O
of	O
features	O
are	O
unsupported	O
such	O
as	O
equivalent	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
features	O
are	O
missing	O
on	O
Excel	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
for	O
Mac	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
data	O
filters	O
(	O
Data	O
Bars	O
,	O
Top	O
10	O
,	O
Color-based	O
,	O
Icon-based	O
)	O
,	O
structured	O
references	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
tables	I-Application
,	O
Table	O
styles	O
,	O
a	O
sort	O
feature	O
allowing	O
more	O
than	O
three	O
columns	O
at	O
once	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
filter	O
on	O
a	O
sort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benchmarks	O
suggest	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
of	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
runs	O
slower	O
on	O
Macs	O
with	O
PowerPC	O
processors	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
provide	O
a	O
significant	O
speed	O
bump	O
for	O
Macs	O
with	O
Intel	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
data-compatibility	O
problem	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
noted	O
with	O
CambridgeSoft	O
's	O
chemical	O
structure	O
drawing	O
program	O
,	O
ChemDraw	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
retain	O
the	O
structural	O
information	O
when	O
a	O
chemical	O
structure	O
is	O
copied	O
from	O
ChemDraw	B-Application
and	O
pasted	O
into	O
a	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
structure	O
is	O
recopied	O
from	O
a	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
document	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
pasted	O
back	O
into	O
ChemDraw	B-Application
,	O
it	O
appears	O
as	O
a	O
non-editable	O
image	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
recognized	O
chemical	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
such	O
problem	O
in	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
or	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
many	O
reports	O
of	O
the	O
updater	O
failing	O
to	O
install	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
message	O
saying	O
that	O
an	O
updatable	O
version	O
of	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
was	O
not	O
found	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
related	O
to	O
users	O
modifying	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
folder	O
in	O
ways	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
cause	O
problems	O
with	O
most	O
other	O
software	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
localizing	O
"	O
using	O
a	O
program	O
to	O
remove	O
application	O
support	O
files	O
in	O
unwanted	O
languages	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
affect	O
Office	O
's	O
operations	O
,	O
but	O
which	O
cause	O
the	O
updaters	O
 '	O
installers	O
to	O
believe	O
that	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
not	O
valid	O
for	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
widespread	O
problem	O
reported	O
after	O
SP1	O
is	O
that	O
Office	O
files	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
open	O
in	O
Office	O
applications	O
when	O
opened	O
(	O
double-clicked	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Finder	O
or	O
launched	O
from	O
other	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
email	O
attachment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
trigger	O
for	O
this	O
problem	O
is	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
SP1	O
unilaterally	O
and	O
without	O
warning	O
deprecated	O
certain	O
older	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
'	O
Type	O
 '	O
codes	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
WDBN	O
"	O
that	O
some	O
files	O
may	O
have	O
,	O
either	O
because	O
they	O
are	O
simply	O
very	O
old	O
,	O
or	O
because	O
some	O
applications	O
assign	O
the	O
older	O
Type	O
code	O
when	O
saving	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
users	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
2003	O
or	O
2007	O
for	O
Windows	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
choose	O
freely	O
between	O
showing	O
their	O
changes	O
in-line	O
or	O
as	O
balloons	O
in	O
the	O
right-hand	O
margin	O
,	O
choosing	O
the	O
former	O
option	O
in	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
or	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
also	O
turns	O
off	O
all	O
comment	O
balloons	O
;	O
comments	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
are	O
visible	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
Reviewing	O
Pane	O
or	O
as	O
popup	O
boxes	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
issue	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
resolved	O
to	O
date	O
and	O
is	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
,	O
namely	O
Word	B-Application
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolbox	O
found	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
also	O
has	O
problems	O
when	O
the	O
OS	O
X	O
feature	O
Spaces	O
is	O
used	O
:	O
switching	O
from	O
one	O
Space	O
to	O
another	O
will	O
cause	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
Toolbox	O
to	O
get	O
trapped	O
on	O
one	O
Space	O
until	O
the	O
Toolbox	O
is	O
closed	O
and	O
reopened	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
remedy	O
for	O
this	O
problem	O
is	O
to	O
currently	O
disable	O
Spaces	O
,	O
or	O
at	O
least	O
refrain	O
from	O
using	O
it	O
whilst	O
working	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problem	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
Toolbox	O
is	O
Carbon-based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
with	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.6	O
Snow	O
Leopard	B-Application
solves	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
,	O
making	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
read	O
or	O
edit	O
a	O
right	O
to	O
left	O
document	O
in	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
or	O
PowerPoint	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
proofing	O
tools	O
support	O
only	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
languages	O
(	O
Danish	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
English	O
,	O
Finnish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Swedish	O
,	O
and	O
Swiss	O
German	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Office	O
applications	O
are	O
not	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
proofing	O
tools	O
native	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.6	O
Snow	O
Leopard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
OS	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
)	O
cannot	O
be	O
edited	O
in	O
Office	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
for	I-Application
Mac	I-Application
2008	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
shorter	O
lifecycle	O
than	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Office	B-Application
for	I-Application
Mac	I-Application
2008	O
ended	O
on	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
32-bit	O
software	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
macOS	B-Device
Catalina	I-Device
or	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
from	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Mavericks	I-Operating_System
to	O
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
.	O
</s>
