The planned mid-January release of Office 2008 offers a significant overhaul of the productivity suite’s look and features. The previous segment described the challenges in front of the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft: deliver a new suite of applications with the features of the Windows side, but with an appearance and behaviors attractive to Mac users. Here’s a more in-depth look at the specific new features in Word 2008, with some comparisons to Apple’s Pages 08 included with iWork.

AppleInsider | Road to Mac Office 2008: Word ‘08 vs Pages 3.0

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