Spaces and Office 2008 - Bad News

[OH]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Is there any word on when MS will get spaces to work with office correctly? The probelms I am having are reported elsewhere, one document open, alt-tab to word, and but the document is behind another application.

 

[John McGhie]

Yes. "Never".

It requires an architectural change to the software, which cannot be made
within a version (because that would potentially break everyone else on OS
10.4.)

I expect Spaces support in Office 2010. But not in 2008.

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Is there any word on when MS will get spaces to work with office correctly?
The probelms I am having are reported elsewhere, one document open, alt-tab to
word, and but the document is behind another application.

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John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[OH]

Umm, is this an office Microsoft position? They have a bug in their software, but they won't fix it?

I've waited through 4 patch releases and the software is still junk.

How do I apply for a refund?

 

[Clive Huggan]

Dear [whoever],

If your remarks are a rhetorical vent, I suppose they may be good therapy.

If not: none of us here work for Microsoft. We're simply users of Word who
try to help other users in a voluntary capacity. If you want to give
feedback to Microsoft about their products, you should send it to them via
the Help menu => Send feedback.

It's my understanding that a relatively late change to Mac OS 10.5 caught
Microsoft unawares, and that a fix is far more than a minor tweak. But don't
take that as my speaking on behalf of Microsoft, or Apple. Personally, I'm
catatonically indifferent to the whole issue.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[CyberTaz]

How do I apply for a refund?

Contact Microsoft Customer Service.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this particular problem is not even a bug


The official Microsoft position is "Spaces support would require an
architectural change." I filled in the rest for you, so you would
understand what that means.

Word 2008 was coded for OS 10.4. And it works fine there. Which is why I
have not upgraded to OS 10.5 -- I depend on Word for my living.

Since Apple did not tell Microsoft about Spaces until OS 10.5 shipped,
Microsoft had no way to build Spaces support in. So it doesn't work.

Given that this feature affects the entire user interface, the change is
huge, and it won't happen "within" a version. Maybe next time

Apple is learning, very painfully, the lessons that IBM and Microsoft
learned 40 and 20 years ago, respectively -- "If you do not tell your
independent software vendors about your new features two years before you
issue them, expect great pain, because you and your customers are going to
get it."

Now, if you want to sound off at Microsoft, go right ahead -- everyone else
has Use Help>Send Feedback to contact Microsoft, they won't read your
comments in here.

Cheers

Umm, is this an office Microsoft position? They have a bug in their software,
but they won't fix it?

I've waited through 4 patch releases and the software is still junk.

How do I apply for a refund?

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]