![]() And for another example, you can create a quick table or chart, complete with shading, in seconds. For example, you can dump in canned title pages and charts just by hitting one of the pre-made templates under the tool bar. The task bar is about the same but the icons are much larger and easier to hit.īut wait - bigger icons? That’s it? Well, Word has a number of templating features that were once relegated to the “new file” interface in Word 2004. More importantly, the Office icon doesn’t hang out in the top left corner, either, reducing visual clutter. Word 2008 borrows liberally from Word 2007 for Windows yet interestingly avoids the “ribbon” UI, maintaining the top menu bar rather than a set of tabs along the top. Given my current “Meh” attitude in regards to Office, I wanted to give Word 2008 a quick look and asses its various merits over 2004 and, as I did with Pages, decide if I should switch - or, rather, stay. Heck, even newcomer Pixelmator turned me off of that old standard, Photoshop, so maybe I was just ready for some change. I’ve been using Microsoft products since Works, back in the day, and I’ve got to say that with the slow and steady rise of web-based editors and programs with better workflow and features - some aimed at long form writers rather than “office workers” - have slowly replaced my Microsoft Office mindshare. ![]() So here we are faced with another version of Microsoft’s behemoth and I’m not terribly excited.
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