Re: Office 2008 SP1 Update (12.1.0) released

On 5/14/08 4:09 AM ET, "Clive Huggan"
<REMOVETHISoffice@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On 14/5/08 1:27 PM, in article C44FD479.39C4F%ed.kimball@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Ed
> Kimball" <ed.kimball@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/13/08 7:28 PM ET, "Diane Ross" <diane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> "etcstgo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> The big news is VBA will be returning in the next version of Office.
>>>> 
>>>> Good show!
>>> 
>>> It was a the result of feedback. Nice to know they do listen.
>> 
>> Yay! I may even decide to upgrade to 2008 after that version comes out!
> 
> Hello Ed,
> 
> By "version" is meant the next full version of Word -- e.g., as 2008 was
the
> next version after 2004.
> 
> Word 2008 was a huge job for MacBU, with a new file format, new
processor
> architecture and new OS architecture (X-code). My guess is they would
not be
> able to retrofit VBA into Office 2008 -- it would take so long it would
be
> pointless. But they are working hard on it now!
> 
> 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)
> ====================================================
> 
> 

Then I guess I'll just have to wait until Office 2012, or whatever -- if I
haven't switched to iWork, OpenOffice, or NeoOffice first.
-- 
Ed Kimball