[MacTUG] FYI: Microsoft Releases Mac-Friendly Tools For Vista, Office 2007

[Glenn Anderson]

Microsoft Releases Mac-Friendly Tools For Vista, Office 2007

The file converter software lets users of the Mac version of  
Microsoft Office open files created in Microsoft's new Office Open  
XML format.


By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
August 1, 2007 11:00 AM
Microsoft on Tuesday released trial versions of software designed  
to make life easier for Mac enthusiasts that also use Microsoft  
products.
The first piece of software is a file converter that lets users of  
the Mac version of Microsoft Office open files created in  
Microsoft's new Office Open XML format, which is native to the  
Windows-only Office 2007.
The software -- Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for  
Mac 0.2 -- offers a number of enhancements over existing converters,  
Microsoft said.
Among them: improved conversion of Word documents that contain XML  
content, inline graphics, and hyperlinked graphics. It also adds  
support for opening PowerPoint files stored in Office 2007's .pptx  
PowerPoint format, and PowerPoint shows stored in the .ppsx format.  
The converter is aimed at users of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and  
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac, Microsoft said. The company warns that  
the software is a beta release and "might be unable to convert all  
the data in Office Open XML files."
The second file available for download is a beta version of a  
connectivity utility that lets Mac users access files on Windows XP  
Professional-based PCs and PCs running the Business, Enterprise, or  
Ultimate versions of Windows Vista. It will also connect Mac  
computers to machines running Windows Server 2003.
Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 will run  
natively on both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macs, Microsoft said.  
It lets users access files on multiple Windows PCs from a single Mac  
client. The utility is currently only available in English.
The downloads are available at Microsoft's Macintosh page free of  
charge.


Glenn Anderson
Client Services, IST
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, On
519-888-4567 x33327
anderson at uwaterloo.ca



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