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The editors liked
Useful Ribbon interface
Better search and sharing
Elegant Full Screen view
Built-in equation editor
New
Cleaner interface
Macro support is back via VBA
Online editing with Excel Web
Built-in document sharing
Better formatting support
Even mor...
Full parity with Word for Windows
The return of VBA
Much better
Redesigned UI that matches the Windows UI
Document formatting is much easier.
New Mac version of Outlook
New co-authoring features
Many new features for individual apps
Outlook added to the Home and Business edition
Office Web Apps integration (with coauthoring via SharePoint)
New templates
Quick access to videoand imageediting tools
The editors didn't like
Pricey
No upgrade pricing
Irritating characteristics
No word count in Full Screen
Unnecessary niggles remain
Not everyone loves the Ribbon
May feel unfamiliar at first
Still no font embedding
Occasional Outlook bugs
Conversation view isn't great
Likely to be much more than most non-business users need
Does not track changes made to images added to documents.
Windows-like interface will annoy some Mac users
No email program in the Home and Student edition
Expensive
Some users remain averse to the Ribbon interface (which can be turned off)
Useful Ribbon interface, Better search and sharing, Elegant Full Screen view, Built-in equation editor, New, cleaner interface, Macro support is back via VBA, Online editing with Excel Web, Built-in document sharing, Better formatting support, Even mor...
Pricey, No upgrade pricing, Irritating characteristics, No word count in Full Screen, Unnecessary niggles remain, Not everyone loves the Ribbon, May feel unfamiliar at first, Still no font embedding, Occasional Outlook bugs, Conversation view isn't great
None of the improvements in Office 2011 for Mac are revolutionary, but they are nonetheless useful and together make Office 2011 the best Mac office suite yet. It's not perfect though – there are still features found in Office 2010 for Windows that are...
New Mac version of Outlook; the return of VBA; new co-authoring features; many new features for individual apps
Windows-like interface will annoy some Mac users; no email program in the Home and Student edition
A little less Mac-like than previous versions, but Office 2011 compensates for this with improved cross-platform compatibility and collaboration features for business users. ...
If you're just typing up the occasional letter to a relative, managing your personal finances or performing similarly basic tasks, you could easily make do with iWork, or possibly even a free alternative, such as Google Docs. But when you need more power,...
Outlook added to the Home and Business edition, Office Web Apps integration (with coauthoring via SharePoint), New templates, Quick access to videoand imageediting tools
Expensive, Some users remain averse to the Ribbon interface (which can be turned off)
Microsoft's Office for Mac 2011 is a worthy upgrade offering new templates and visual styles, better ways of editing multimedia content and easier methods of collaboration. The ability to work from anywhere with the new Web Apps is a big draw if your j
Full parity with Word for Windows, the return of VBA, much better, redesigned UI that matches the Windows UI, document formatting is much easier.
Likely to be much more than most non-business users need, does not track changes made to images added to documents.
After years of lamenting what Word for Mac lacks, I find myself in the odd yet enviable position of announcing that Word 2011 is great. It is a solid word processing application that is powerful and well designed, and makes it easy to find all the feature...
Abstract: In all the programs, there is still some of the traditional Microsoft bloat, but it’s well hidden. The interface is streamlined via “ribbons,” and the performance is zippy. In other words, if past versions of Office have permanently...
Abstract: The word for the day is "ribbons." Moving from the floating Formatting Palette, Microsoft has now joined the Mac version of Office to the PC version, and we have ribbons! Also part of this transition is bringing the email client Outlook to the Mac and eliminating Entourage. Sometim...
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Published: 2011-01-21, Author: Christina , review by: mashable.com
Abstract: Microsoft has released Office for Mac 2011. The latest version of the Office Suite aims to bridge the divide between the Mac and PC, and it packs a ton of new features, including Microsoft Outlook, collaborative sharing and editing, and an updated inte...
Abstract: Ever since Microsoft launched its Office suite of productivity applications, we’ve been bombarded by arguments for why competing offerings were better. Whether it came from vendors who competed with opposing commercial applications, or the open-source ...
