Office for Mac 2011 Now Available
Microsoft today announced that Office for Mac 2011 is now officially available, offering consumers a number of new features in the company's flagship productivity suite.
According to Wilfrid, three-quarters of all Mac users have Office installed on their machines. "That's the vast majority of Mac customers counting on Microsoft for a critical piece of their computing needs," he says. "Mac users need Office because it helps them work with the Windows world."
Wilfrid is proud of that statistic, which he says highlights the importance of the relationship between the two companies. Today the relationship takes another step forward as Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2011, the company's productivity software suite tailored for the Mac operating system. Mac users can now install the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and, for the first time, Outlook. Office 2011 is available in 13 languages around the world, and by November the suite will be available in more than 45 countries.
With today's launch, Amazon is offering significant discounts on Office for Mac 2011 packages:
- Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 - Single License ($109.99)
- Office Mac Home and Student 2011 - Family Pack (3 Licenses) ($129.99)
- Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 - 1 Pack ($174.99)
- Office Mac Home and Business 2011 - 2 License Pack ($239.99)
Note: Purchases through these links financially benefit this site.
Update: Apple has also sent an email to customers on its mailing lists informing them of the Office 2011 launch:
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I sometimes wonder if iWork isn't just a big Apple ruse that was designed to cause this.
Now do we all switch back? Let the beta testers decide for us...
Considering it's just as good as the Windows version, and much better than iWork or Open Office, I would say yes, we all switch back :p
Mmm... Okay, but who uses it?;)
From what I've read it seems like Microsoft is finally treating the Mac like it has a spot in the workplace. Compatibility between the Windows and Mac versions of Office seemed to be their highest priority this time.
I sometimes wonder if iWork isn't just a big Apple ruse that was designed to cause this.
Keynote would be the exception to your theory. Keynote is vastly superior to PowerPoint.
"According to Wilfrid, three-quarters of all Mac users have Office installed on their machines."
Mmm... Okay, but who uses it?;)
I personally use Word and Excel, pages and numbers aren't nearly as featured as Word and Excel. As I said above, Keynote is superior to PowerPoint though.
-Don
Considering it's just as good as the Windows version
Nonsense. It's good, not great and certainly not 'Amazing'.
I remember when buying Office meant several hundred dollars. I can get Word on ALL THREE of my Macs for $130 today? Doesn't even seem real.
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