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Microsoft Debuts Office 2019 Preview for Mac Enterprise Users

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Microsoft today announced the launch of a new Office 2019 for Mac Preview, which is available starting today for its commercial customers.

Office 2019 for Mac, which includes new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote, is the next perpetual update to Office for Mac and will ship alongside Office 2019 for Windows during the second half of 2018.

The new software is designed for customers who aren't yet using Microsoft's Office 365 subscription service and prefer instead to have access to perpetual non cloud based apps.

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According to Microsoft, Office 2019 for Mac introduces a roaming pencil case and ribbon customizations across all Office apps, a new focus mode in Word, a focused inbox in Outlook, new charts and functions in Excel, and morph transitions, in-click sequence, and 4K video export in PowerPoint.

The update also includes features for IT designed to simplify deployment and management, such as command-line tools for centrally controlling how and when Office updates are provided to users and support for industry-standard MDM policies and preferences.

The new additions to Office 2019 for Mac are already included in the Office 365 ProPlus plan available to businesses, but are not available in Office for Mac 2016, the current perpetual Office version.

Microsoft has also prepared a website that lists all of the available features for the Office 2019 for Mac Preview.

Microsoft users interested in joining the Office 2019 for Mac Preview can do so by following the directions available on Microsoft's support site.

Top Rated Comments

iamgalt Avatar
102 months ago
While I'm not a fan of Microsoft on the whole, and haven't been too impressed with their software over the years; I got to give them kudos for still offering a non-subscription version of their software. That's becoming more and more rare these days, unfortunately.
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
patthedog Avatar
102 months ago
I have to confess that I have no idea what a "roaming pencil case" is. I just hope it's nothing like a talking paper clip.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
macintoshmac Avatar
102 months ago
Am I reading this right?

So Office 2019 won’t be available to Office 365 Users? I thought the whole point of office 365 (apart from lining Microsoft’s pockets) was that you were always on the latest version.
Office 365 apps already have all the features that will be made available to v2019 later in the year.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BWhaler Avatar
102 months ago
Microsoft is getting better and better. Wish Apple took iWork more seriously.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
102 months ago
Libreoffice is free to use I don’t know why people continue to pay Microsoft
As much as I hate MS Office. Open Office... in all its versions... is a piece of ****. Yes it is free... and YES that absolutely shows.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
102 months ago
Libreoffice is free to use I don’t know why people continue to pay Microsoft
Google Docs and iWork are also free... they aren't Office. They don't even scratch the surface unless all you're doing is double-spaced high school papers. I fell for the promise of free twice now, with OpenOffice and GDocs. They're all terrible in comparison. That's why people pay for Office.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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