Office 2003 - When will it be released for the Mac?

[David]

Does anyone know of current plans for making the updated versions of
Microsoft Office programs for the Macintosh platform? I have been
reading the news of the new release, but I have not noticed that
mentioned.

 

[J.E. McGimpsey]

Does anyone know of current plans for making the updated versions of
Microsoft Office programs for the Macintosh platform? I have been
reading the news of the new release, but I have not noticed that
mentioned.

There's no necessary tie between (Win) Office 2003 and the next Mac
version. MS has announced that they are working on the next Mac
version, but AFAIK, they haven't said anything about a release date.

In general, when it comes to new versions that haven't had official
MS release-date announcements: if somebody knows, they can't tell
you; if they tell you, they don't know.

FWIW, Office product cycles historically seem to take about 2 years
on average between major versions. Office v.X was an exception,
coming out about a year after Office 2001.