Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is a version of Microsoft Office developed for Mac OS X. It is equivalent to Office 2003 for Windows. The software was originally written for PowerPC Macs, so Macs with Intel CPUs must run the program under Mac OS X's Rosetta emulation layer. For this reason, it is not compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 and newer.
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Screenshot of Microsoft Word 2004 on an Intel-based Mac in Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" through Rosetta
Office 2004 was replaced by its successor, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, which was developed as a universal binary to run natively on Intel Macs. However, Office 2008 did not include support for Visual Basic for Applications, which made Microsoft extend the support period of Office 2004 from October 13, 2009 to January 10, 2012.[2] Microsoft ultimately shipped support for Visual Basic in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, which also dropped PowerPC support altogether. Support for Office 2004 ended January 10, 2012.[3]
Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 is available in three editions: Standard, Professional, and Student and Teacher. All three editions include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage. The Professional Edition includes Virtual PC. The Student and Teacher Edition is not eligible for upgrade, which means if a later version of Office is installed, a full package license will be required.
Microsoft Word is a word processor which possesses a dominant market share in the word processor market. Its proprietary DOC format is considered a de facto standard, although its successive Windows version (Word 2007) uses a new XML-based format called .DOCX, but has the capability of saving and opening the old .DOC format.
The new Office Open XML format was built into the next version of Office for Mac (Office 2008). However, it is also supported on Office 2004 with the help of a free conversion tool available from Microsoft.[4]
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program. Like Microsoft Word, it possesses a dominant market share. It was originally a competitor to the dominant Lotus 1-2-3, but it eventually outsold it and became the de facto standard for spreadsheet programs.
Microsoft Entourage is an email application. Its personal information management features include a calendar, address book, task list, note list, and project manager. With Entourage 2004, Microsoft began offering a Project Center, which allows the user to create and organize projects. Information may come from within Entourage or outside the program.
Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation program used to create slideshows composed of text, graphics, movies and other objects, which can be displayed on-screen and navigated through by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides. It too possesses a dominant market share. Movies, videos, sounds and music, as well as wordart and autoshapes can be added to slideshows.
Included with Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition, Microsoft Virtual PC is a hypervisor which emulates Microsoft Windowsoperating systems on Mac OS X which are PowerPC-based. Virtual PC does not work on Intel-based Macs and in August 2006, Microsoft announced it would not be ported to Intel-based Macintoshes, effectively discontinuing the product.
LimitationsEdit
Office for Mac 2004 has a number of limitations compared to Office 2003 for Windows.
Images inserted into any Office 2004 application by using either cut and paste or drag and drop result in a file that does not display the inserted graphic when viewed on a Windows machine. Instead, the Windows user is told "QuickTime and a TIFF (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture". Peter Clark of Geek Boy's Blog presented one solution in December 2004.[5] However, this issue persists in Office 2008.
There is no support for editing right to left and bidirectional languages (such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc.) in Office 2004. This issue has not been fixed in Office 2008 or 2011 either.[6][7]
Also, Office for Mac 2004 has a shorter lifecycle than Office 2003. Support for Office for Mac 2004 ended on January 10, 2012. As PowerPC software, it will not run on OS X Lion or any later versions of macOS.
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Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is a version of Microsoft Office developed for Mac OS X It is equivalent to Office 2003 for Windows The software was originally written for PowerPC Macs so Macs with Intel CPUs must run the program under Mac OS X s Rosetta emulation layer For this reason it is not compatible with Mac OS X 10 7 and newer Microsoft Office 2004 for MacScreenshot of Microsoft Word 2004 on an Intel based Mac in Mac OS X v10 4 Tiger through RosettaDeveloper s MicrosoftInitial releaseMay 11 2004 19 years ago 2004 05 11 Final releasev11 6 6 December 13 2011 11 years ago 2011 12 13 1 PredecessorMicrosoft Office v XSuccessorMicrosoft Office 2008 for MacLicenseCommercial proprietary softwareWebsitemicrosoft wbr com wbr mac wbr products System requirementsCPUPowerPC G3 or higherOperating systemMac OS X v10 2 8 through v10 6 8RAM256 MBFree hard disk space450 MBOffice 2004 was replaced by its successor Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac which was developed as a universal binary to run natively on Intel Macs However Office 2008 did not include support for Visual Basic for Applications which made Microsoft extend the support period of Office 2004 from October 13 2009 to January 10 2012 2 Microsoft ultimately shipped support for Visual Basic in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac which also dropped PowerPC support altogether Support for Office 2004 ended January 10 2012 3 Contents 1 Editions 2 Features 2 1 Word 2004 2 2 Excel 2004 2 3 Entourage 2004 2 4 PowerPoint 2004 2 5 Virtual PC 3 Limitations 4 See also 5 ReferencesEditions EditMicrosoft Office for Mac 2004 is available in three editions Standard Professional and Student and Teacher All three editions include Word Excel PowerPoint and Entourage The Professional Edition includes Virtual PC The Student and Teacher Edition is not eligible for upgrade which means if a later version of Office is installed a full package license will be required Features EditWord 2004 Edit Main article Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a word processor which possesses a dominant market share in the word processor market Its proprietary DOC format is considered a de facto standard although its successive Windows version Word 2007 uses a new XML based format called DOCX but has the capability of saving and opening the old DOC format The new Office Open XML format was built into the next version of Office for Mac Office 2008 However it is also supported on Office 2004 with the help of a free conversion tool available from Microsoft 4 Excel 2004 Edit Main article Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program Like Microsoft Word it possesses a dominant market share It was originally a competitor to the dominant Lotus 1 2 3 but it eventually outsold it and became the de facto standard for spreadsheet programs Entourage 2004 Edit Main article Microsoft Entourage Microsoft Entourage is an email application Its personal information management features include a calendar address book task list note list and project manager With Entourage 2004 Microsoft began offering a Project Center which allows the user to create and organize projects Information may come from within Entourage or outside the program PowerPoint 2004 Edit Main article Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation program used to create slideshows composed of text graphics movies and other objects which can be displayed on screen and navigated through by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides It too possesses a dominant market share Movies videos sounds and music as well as wordart and autoshapes can be added to slideshows Virtual PC Edit Main article Microsoft Virtual PC Included with Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition Microsoft Virtual PC is a hypervisor which emulates Microsoft Windows operating systems on Mac OS X which are PowerPC based Virtual PC does not work on Intel based Macs and in August 2006 Microsoft announced it would not be ported to Intel based Macintoshes effectively discontinuing the product Limitations EditOffice for Mac 2004 has a number of limitations compared to Office 2003 for Windows Images inserted into any Office 2004 application by using either cut and paste or drag and drop result in a file that does not display the inserted graphic when viewed on a Windows machine Instead the Windows user is told QuickTime and a TIFF LZW decompressor are needed to see this picture Peter Clark of Geek Boy s Blog presented one solution in December 2004 5 However this issue persists in Office 2008 There is no support for editing right to left and bidirectional languages such as Arabic Hebrew Persian etc in Office 2004 This issue has not been fixed in Office 2008 or 2011 either 6 7 Also Office for Mac 2004 has a shorter lifecycle than Office 2003 Support for Office for Mac 2004 ended on January 10 2012 As PowerPC software it will not run on OS X Lion or any later versions of macOS See also EditList of office suites Comparison of office suitesReferences Edit Download Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11 6 6 Update Download Center Microsoft December 13 2011 Archived from the original on July 5 2012 Tedesco Mike October 12 2009 Office 2004 Mainstream Support Has Been Extended Mactopia Microsoft Archived from the original on October 17 2009 Retrieved October 12 2009 Microsoft Support Lifecycle Support Microsoft Retrieved April 28 2013 MS11 072 Description of the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1 2 1 September 13 2011 Support Microsoft September 13 2011 Clark Peter December 6 2004 QuickTime and a TIFF LZW decompressor are needed to see this picture Geek Boy s Blog Archived from the original on May 10 2013 Retrieved October 12 2009 Alt URL Heard Chris September 27 2007 It s official no RTL support in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Higgaion Archived from the original on October 11 2007 Retrieved October 12 2009 Morgenstern David August 8 2010 Microsoft boosts languages proofing tools in Office 2011 for Mac Unicode right to left support missing 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