Office 2008 and G3

Hello,
I am going to Purchase Office 2008 Student and Teacher Edition but I noticed it requires a G4, G5 or Intel based Mac. While this isn't a problem for my QS G4's and MacBook Pro, I am wondering about my Powerbook and iMacs. Is there anyway to get around this? Will it not even install? What if I copy the file from another hard drive to my G3 Macs will it work then? Also do the new documents save in .docx format like Office 2007 for PC? How is the compatibility between Office 2004 and 2008 (assuming there's no way to run 2008 on my G3s). Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Brandon

Thanks for the reply! After installing on my PowerMac G4 and MacBook Pro I thought I would give the Pismo a try. The installer ran fine and Office 2008 works with little problem! Startup is kind of slow, but actually using the Apps isn't too bad. The apps are memory hogs so I wouldn't try it with anything less than 512MB. Just thought I would let others know who are in the same position. It took about 20 seconds with Firefox running to go from opening it in the dock to ready to type.

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