Microsoft;s decision to cut Visual Fundamental for Applications (VBA) support from Workplace 2008 for Mac has occur back to haunt the business.The end result: Microsoft is prolonging the assistance date for the Workplace 2004 for Mac edition of the product so regarding continue on to appease Mac Office users who stuck with all the older release to be able to maintain their VBA assistance.From a just-under-the-wire October twelve publish on the Microsoft “Mac Mojo” blog:“Today I am happy to share that we have extended the Mainstream Support date for Workplace 2004,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, originally scheduled to end October 13,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, 2009, through January 10,
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, 2012.“The date has been extended to 2012 specifically to ensure continuous cross-platform compatibility for Workplace 2004 customers reliant on VBA until assistance for VBA is released in the next version of Office for Mac.”Microsoft officials said this past summer that the next version of Workplace for Mac (which is due out in time for holiday 2010) will add back again in VBA support. (The new version also will swap out Entourage for Outlook.)VBA assistance is important to users who need cross-platform compatibility. Excel add-ins dependent on VBA,
Microsoft Office Professional 2010, such as Solver,
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, were not bundled into the Workplace 2008 for Mac release.
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise Office 2004 for M
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