Screenshots of Office 2008 for Mac

I just like Word 2007 for the dynamic references/bibliography feature. If iWorks gets this, cya later Office 2007!

Looks good. And old fashioned, of course. Basically, I agree it makes sense to show a little bit more then Pages by default, but why on the top? In the world of wide screens and vertical Letter formats MS is trying to put things on top instead of left and right like Aperture does, for examle. The colours are little weird, MyDay looks terrific - WinAmp'98 - fully agree! :D

I mean, if there was a spreadsheet application in iWork, I'd never think of the MS Office anymore. I like iWork'06 - it actually has richer features then Word and Powerpoint have, as for my type of usage. If there was a spreadsheet app in iWork'07, that's definitely my choice then! And it's compatible with all MS Offices, Adobe products etc.

Gonna be tough to compete against iWork, but it sure looks awesome

This is ridiculous. Did Microsoft not watch Steve's speech about the Apple Remote. Simple is the keyword. I have to use Office everyday to be compatible with the rest of my office and it is bloated, slow and basicly "ugly". Four years and this is the best they can come up with.

Its interesting that even with the new enhancements to the interface (which are a nice change), the application still looks dated and like a second rate mimic of iWork. Microsoft just is not good at creating an interesting interface and user experience. Even when the technology is solid and proven, their interfaces end up driving me away.
Also with as many changes that were made you would think they would change there formating panel the Apple Inspector format which is easier to navigate and takes up less space.
In spite of the interface issues until iWork gets a spreadsheet application it is hard to completely ditch MS Office. NeoOffice is looking good, but is still a bit buggy and slow. So, I still keep the clunky MS Office around for the occasions when iWork cant cut it.

Jason, they weren't showing off Entourage which leads me to believe that it isn't even close to being done.

Where are Entourage images?

I really like Pages and Keynote. Keynote for the eyecandy and Pages for the easy of use. But at the same time, I miss the robustness that was Office. It might have been a bit more difficult to use, but I could do anything in Office. If Office 08 is even half as easy to use as Pages, I'm in. The new version of PPT looks damned sexy too. Go go eyecandy!

Another thing worth bearing in mind: the extra menu's that appear underneath the navigation pane only appear when you click the 'gallery' button.

This makes a lot more sense than clicking File > Project gallery every time.

Also, unclick the gallery button and the navigation bar strip appears almost minimalistic.

I like what I see so far.

The one thing that immediately strikes me with the MyDay window is how busy it is. It doesn't give me a clear concise view of my day like I would expect it to. There's too many buttons, colors, icons, and symbols.

I hope Microsoft redesigns it before they release it. It's a perfect example where the K.I.S.S. philosophy should be applied.