The burning question that must be answered

[Keir_Wells]

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

Rather than posting a question relating to a specific problem, I'd like to ask the following question of Microsoft...

When, oh when, will an update for Office 2008 for Mac be released that will see *full* support for the Leopard operating system? As someone who uses Word and the 10.5 Spaces feature extensively, it's becoming exceedingly tiresome to be forced to go "hunting" for my Word documents, which seem to fly off to different Spaces of their own free will.

This is *not* a gripe, but a plea for some glimmer of hope. I feel pretty sure that the guys and gals working in the Microsoft Mac Business Unit are going flat out to get things sorted out. Maybe some of the ill-gotten gains the other business units get should be put to giving the Mac BU some much needed resources. Hmmm, then again, with the wonderful success of Vista, maybe those resources are needed to do something decent with the next Windows OS. (Yeah, OK, so I *did* have a gripe...but it's gotta be what most of us think.)

Rock on, everyone.

Keir Wells ([email protected])

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Keir,

there are very few Microsoft employees in here, so be sure to use the Send
Feedback option in Word's Help menu to send your message directly to
Microsoft. That being said, it is still unclear whether the Word/Spaces bug
is a Microsoft bug or an Apple bug; if it really is a bug affecting Mac OS
X, there is little Microsoft can do about it. Also, Apple released Mac OS X
10.5.4 a couple of hours ago, and this update is supposed to fix a number of
issues with Spaces. Apply the update and see if it fixes your problem.

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

Rather than posting a question relating to a specific problem, I'd like to ask
the following question of Microsoft...

When, oh when, will an update for Office 2008 for Mac be released that will
see *full* support for the Leopard operating system? As someone who uses Word
and the 10.5 Spaces feature extensively, it's becoming exceedingly tiresome to
be forced to go "hunting" for my Word documents, which seem to fly off to
different Spaces of their own free will.

This is *not* a gripe, but a plea for some glimmer of hope. I feel pretty sure
that the guys and gals working in the Microsoft Mac Business Unit are going
flat out to get things sorted out. Maybe some of the ill-gotten gains the
other business units get should be put to giving the Mac BU some much needed
resources. Hmmm, then again, with the wonderful success of Vista, maybe those
resources are needed to do something decent with the next Windows OS. (Yeah,
OK, so I *did* have a gripe...but it's gotta be what most of us think.)

Rock on, everyone.

Keir Wells ([email protected])

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Daiya Mitchell]

If 10.5.4 doesn't help, as Michel suggests, you *could* try asking on
their blog. A honest, curious, rather than snarky, comment might get
either a direct response (really really unlikely) or prompt someone to
develop a post that speaks to the general issue. You might even ask it
as a suggestion for something to post on.
http://www.officeformac.com/blog/