New Office for Macs Speeds up Programs, Integrates Formats (Business‪)‬

Despite the fierce rivalry between Microsoft and Apple, there is one product on which the two companies work closely together: the Macintosh version of Microsoft Office. Microsoft makes a nice chunk of change from this software suite, which includes Mac versions of the famous Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs. Apple needs the Microsoft Office suite so its Macintosh computers can live in harmony with the dominant Windows world. On Jan. 15, Microsoft will release its first new version of Office for the Mac in nearly four years. It is called Office 2008, and it has two big changes from the current version, Office 2004.