Office 2008 for Macs Adds iPhone, iPod Sync

Office 2008 for Macs Adds iPhone, iPod Sync

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac will let users port PowerPoint presentations to iPhones and video-equipped iPods, Microsoft says.Part 1 of a special five-part series. -->
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

"From there, sync pictures to your iPod or iPhone through

iTunes as usual, then use the built-in photos or slide-show program on your iPod or iPhone to show your presentation," said Blair Neumann, a program manager in Microsoft's Mac development group, in a post to the team's blog Tuesday. IPhones and iPods that boast video viewing -- the iPod touch, the newest iPod nano and the iPod classic -- can also connect to a larger screen television or a projector using Apple's US$49 component AV cable.

Apple Inc.'s own Keynote presentation maker, one of the three applications in the $99 iWorks '08 suite, can also export its slide shows to iTunes. From there, Keynote presentations can be synced to iPods or iPhones.

Microsoft will release Office 2008 for Mac on Jan. 15 at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco in several editions priced from $150 to $500.

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