CrossOver 8.0 Out the Door

CrossOver, the popular emulation program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 8.0. The new version, which is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes:

New application support:

• Quicken 2009
• Internet Explorer 7
• Photoshop CS2

MS Office 2003:

• Non-English language service packs should now apply.
• Word 2003: ‘Insert Field’ should now work properly.
• Word 2003: Table calculations fixed.
• Word 2003: Insert… Picture… From File improved.
• Outlook 2003: NTLM proxy authentication fixed.
• Excel 2003: Insert Picture improved.
• Outlook 2003: Problem with dropping into ‘disconnected’ mode is resolved.

MS Office 2007:

• Service Packs 1 and 2 now apply.
• Enterprise, Pro, and Corporate editions should now install.
• Word 2007: Fixed misbehavior when using the ‘insert image’ function.
• Several other Office service packs and add-ons should work better.

QuickTime 7:

• Intermittent hanging bugs should be fixed.

Several other general fixes.

• Outlook 2000: e-mail attachments should now work.
• Acrobat 5 and 7: “Save As” dialog no longer causes crashes.
• FrameMaker: Handling of PPD files improved on systems without CUPS.
• Word XP: “Combine Documents” fixed.
• Equation Editor should install and run.

Other crossover improvements:

• A ‘symbol’ font as been added. This should improve Equation Editor behavior.
• A couple of improvements were made to dual-monitor support on the Mac.
• Fixed problem with resizing windows on dual-head linux systems.
• KDE systray on SUSE 10.1 fixed.
• KDE Printer improved.
• Fixed a problem with demo registration and gksu version 2.0.2.
• Improved copy and paste.
• Added better 64-bit support in the RPM package.
• Updated many components to fix behavior on the upcoming Snow Leopard release of OS X.

CrossOver 8.0 retails for US$59.95 and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to install and run.