MAC OFFICE 2010 VS 2011 FOR MAC
"However, Entourage for Mac will not be a part of Office 2011 and students do receive Outlook through the Academic edition, however for the Home and Student Edition they would need to step up to the Business Edition or purchase Outlook separately." "Entourage 2008 for Mac will continue to be supported in the current Office 2008 for Mac suite," the spokesperson explained. Students who don't want to use a Web-based e-mail client application might have to consider upgrading to the Business edition, according to a Microsoft spokesperson. Microsoft's plans for Entourage weren't announced, but Microsoft has said in the recent past that it plans to replace Entourage with Outlook for Mac when it releases Office for Mac 2011. "For this release, the team focused on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, in addition to VBA support for the new version." "OneNote will not be a part of Office for Mac 2011," a Microsoft spokesperson said via e-mail.
MAC OFFICE 2010 VS 2011 WINDOWS
However, the familiar OneNote program used in Windows versions of Office is notably lacking in this Mac release. Microsoft also included support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Office for Mac 2011. All three productivity suite editions include Mac versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word. It will be sold by Microsoft and "authorized academic stores" for an estimated $99 for a single installation.Īpparently, the only difference between the Student and Business editions is that the Student edition lacks the Outlook for Mac e-mail client application. There also will be a Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011 edition that will have features equivalent to the Business edition. The Home and Business Edition will cost an estimated $199 for a single installation or $279 for two installs (Multi-Pack version). The Home and Student edition's estimated retail price will be $119 for a single installation or $149 for a Family Pack that allows three installs. Office for Mac 2011 will be offered in two commercial retail editions: a Home and Student edition and a Home and Business edition. 31, 2010 and send in their product keys and sales receipts to qualify. Office for Mac 2008 licensees have to register here by Dec. 30, 2010, at Microsoft or an authorized reseller," according to the company's announcement.
MAC OFFICE 2010 VS 2011 UPGRADE
Office for Mac 2008 is the current Mac version, but Microsoft announced today that it plans to release its newest productivity suite for the Mac platform, Office for Mac 2011, "at the end of October."įor those currently buying Office for Mac 2008, Microsoft has a technology guarantee program that allows for a no cost upgrade to Office for Mac 2011 if users meet the program's criteria. For instance, the latest Windows-based suite, Office 2010, was released earlier to consumer users, back in June. The Apple Mac-based version has a dedicated Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit development team operating on a production cycle that varies from the Windows team. Office for Mac 2011 is the seemingly neglected cousin to the Windows-based Microsoft Office productivity suite. The slobbering over it is not deserved.Microsoft today disclosed retail pricing and release plans for Office for Mac 2011. For a significant number of users, Office 2011 is a massive FAIL in this regard. The sole reason for Microsoft Office:mac is compatibility with the the vast installed base across both Windows and the Mac. Until my firm upgrades, I am stuck with Entourage 2008 (12.2). Unfortunately, Outlook 2011 is incompatible with all versions of Exchange server older than Exchange Server 2007. It is also critical that Outlook 2011 be compatible with the user's Exchange server. It would certainly be nice if this situation were fixed in Office 2010 and Office 2011, but I doubt that is has been fixed or that it will be fixed. Office 2008 can open legacy files that Office 2007 can't. I also know from personal experience that the situation is worse for Office 2007 users. I know from personal experience that Office 2008 cannot open many of my legacy files, files that Office 2004 open without issue. However, it is even more important that Office 2011 be compatible with the user's existing files. Without question, it is very important that Office 2011 is compatible with Office 2010. This article and, I presume, Mossberg's review have a fatal flaw.
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