In August 2006, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference in Microsoft Office 2008 for Macintosh were released without Visual Basic support. In charge of training was wondering if there was a need to continue to Visual Basic training if their organizations have been using Macintosh.
Recently, the MacBU has revealed that Visual Basic is a return and will be included in the next version of MacOffice, Visual Basic, making training important regardless of the platform is deployed on Office.
Public reaction to the loss of Visual Basic
Some Macintosh owners were outraged by the announcement, saying it made them useless for Office. Many swore that they would be dropped in favor of Microsoft Open Office or refuse to upgrade.
In some ways, this reaction was fueled by the misconception that Office 2008 does not support macros created in earlier versions ofOffice. Office 2008 does not support Visual Basic macros, but the code can not be changed or new applications to write Visual Basic. The protest was also exaggerated by the innate mountains of molehills "effect of Internet communication.
Despite the strong responses and often profanity-laced Decision, Office 2008 has sold quite well. The majority of Office users do not use the scripting features that were not affected by the decision and all otherembraced AppleScript to create macros that they needed. The world does not end, life continues, and there was no decline in demand for Visual Basic training.
The return of Visual Basic
The MacBU has never been opposed to Visual Basic. But software developers have deadlines and they have finally realized that the work needed to continue to support VB would have delayed the release of Office 2008 are unacceptable. Software development is like anycharacteristics of the production process and, ultimately, must be cut to meet deadlines.
Even before Visual Basic was officially cut from the project, the developers were working on ways to bring it back to later. Their commitment was reinforced when they saw how Macintosh owners were unhappy with the removal of the feature.
Although it took time for an official announcement, it was revealed that the next version of Office for Mac will definitely seereturn of full support for Visual Basic Scripting.
If your organization office 2008?
In light of these reports, companies still face the decision whether to upgrade from Office 2004 to Office 2008. The characteristics of the new version of the suite of software must be balanced against the loss of the ability to change or create new macros.
Office 2004 is still a great product that is competitive in a modern business environment. If your organization needssupport for macros, you may want to stay on the older platform until the release of the next version. The Visual Basic training will not be wasted and can be used when the new version of Office is released.
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