Mac OS X, Endnote, Microsoft Word & compatibility

It’s common knowledge that Word 2008 on Mac OS X is not compatible with the CWYW plugin for any version of Endnote. It’s less well known that this problem is due to lack of VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) support in Microsoft Word 2008.

There is light at the end of the tunnel for Mac users however, as Erik Schwiebert, Software Design Lead at Microsoft Corporation, Macintosh Business Unit informs us that the next version of Office for Mac will include VBA; note that this may take some time, until then he recommends the following:

So, if you have a dire need for Visual Basic, you can continue to run Mac Office 2004 (it will even run side-by-side with Office 2008 ) and we’re publicly committing to VB as good (maybe even better, if things go well) in the next version.

Schwieb

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Tags: Office 2008, referansehåndtering, VBA