Both Office releases will use the Office Open XML Formats, which will enable users to easily save files and open files in either platform. Office 2008 for Mac will share some technologies with its Windows counterpart, Office 2007, making for seamless compatibility between the different versions, according to Microsoft. €œI’m really impressed with the speed, especially with graphics intensive tasks,’ Sheridan Jones, group marketing manager for the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit, told Macworld. Office had been one of the last remaining marquee Mac applications that had yet to add native support for Apple’s latest hardware. Office 2008 adds plenty of new features, but the one sure to grab Mac users’ attention is its ability to run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based machines. Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit revealed some details about Office 2008 for Mac Tuesday—namely that the suite of office productivity tools would ship in the second half of 2007. Intel-based Mac owners will have a Universal version of Microsoft’s Office to call their own later this year.