Another application that was hosted for free download by Digital River is Microsoft Office 2008 for Macintosh. Just as everything else, the Office 2008 downloads have been pulled also. If you need the installation files, chances are slim, but a few options remain.
Important Note February 2015
Set up your Office 365 subscription. Find how-to articles and video tutorials. Download and install. Install Office on your PC or Mac. For more information about this update, please visit the Microsoft Web site. Applies to: Office 2008, Office 2008 Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 Special Media Edition, Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008, Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition. Download microsoft office 2008 for mac for free. Productivity downloads - Microsoft Office 2008 by Microsoft and many more programs are available for instant and free download. Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition uses Exchange Web Services as the primary protocol to communicate with Exchange Server. In addition to several calendaring improvements, this new version of Entourage synchronizes notes, tasks, and categories with Exchange Server.
Microsoft Office 2008 12.3.6 - Productivity suite; Office 2004 updates also available. Download the latest versions of the best Mac apps at safe and trusted MacUpdate Download, install, or update Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac from MacUpdate.
Microsoft has taken down all previous and current download servers (msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net, msft.digitalrivercontent.net, digitalrivercontent.net and drcdn.blob.core.windows.net)! At this point it is unlikely that the downloads will ever come back.
Microsoft Download For Mac 2008 Full
Microsoft might send out a replacement for broken office installation CDs. A small handling fee applies to this service.
Purchase an Office 2008 Activation Key
Alternatively, you can purchase a new copy of Office 2008. As this is quite an old version now, the software is very affordable. Of course, you may use any existing product key to activate Office 2008 on a second device. Here are some purchase options (eBay / Amazon). Please also check the purchase links on the Office 2011 Direct Download Links page. It could be significantly easier to find a license for Office 2011 at a good price.
Former direct download links, only for reference
The following table is provided for reference only, so that you know which file name is which Office version, in case you find some of the files from an alternative download source. The downloads in this table are no longer working.
Office 2008 For Mac Download
Language | Office 2008 | Business Edition Extras |
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Danish (Denmark) | X16-29322.iso (SP2) X16-29322_OFC2008-122_DA.DMG | X16-03808.iso (SP2) X16-03808_BEE2008-122_DA.dmg |
Dutch (Netherlands) | X16-03639.iso (SP2) X16-03639_OFC2008-122_NL.DMG | X16-03809.iso (SP2) X16-03809_BEE2008-122_NL.DMG |
English (USA) | X15-70692.iso (old SP1) X15-26318_OFC2008-1218T_EN.DMG X16-17293.iso (new SP2) X16-17293_OFC2008-1222_EN.DMG | X16-03807.iso (SP2) X16-03807_BEE2008-122_EN.dmg |
Finnish (Finland) | X16-29325.iso (SP2) X16-29325_OFC2008-122_FI.DMG | |
French (France) | X15-26322.iso (SP1) X15-26322.dmg (SP1) X15-26322_OFC2008-1218T_FR.DMG | X16-03813.iso (SP2) X16-03813_BEE2008-122_FR.dmg |
German (Germany) | X15-26323.iso (old SP1) X15-26323_OFC2008-1218T_DE.dmg X16-03644.iso (new SP2) X16-03644_OFC2008-122_DE.dmg | X16-03814.iso (SP2) X16-03814_BEE2008-122_DE.dmg |
Italian (Italy) | X16-03645.iso (SP2) X16-03645_OFC2008-122_IT.DMG | X16-03815.iso (SP2) X16-03815_BEE2008-122_IT.DMG |
Japanese (Japan) | X16-03641.iso (SP2) X16-03641_OFC2008-122_JA.dmg | X16-03816.iso (SP2) X16-03816_BEE2008-122_JA.dmg |
Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway) | X16-29321.iso (SP2) X16-29321_OFC2008-122_NO.DMG | X16-03811.iso (SP2) X16-03811_BEE2008-122_NO.DMG |
Spanish (Spain) | X16-17296.iso (SP2) X16-17296_OFC2008-122_ES.DMG | X16-03812.iso (SP2) X16-03812_BEE2008-122_ES.DMG |
Swedish (Sweden) | X16-29326.iso (SP2) X16-29326_OFC2008-122_SV.DMG | X16-03817.iso (SP2) X16-03817_BEE2008-122_SV.dmg |