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New Version of Microsoft Office for Mac Slated for 2014 Release
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For us we still use it, but that's simply to have a local copy of an editing program but as soon as we want/need to share it, it goes directly onto our GDrive for sharing. Fortune 500.
Does it activate?
My OS X Office 2011 key would never activate after months of talking back and forth with Microsoft. Their phone activation was "offline" for over a week and when it came back on I finally got my activation code which always said invalid. Now I see why they never fixed the issue, a new release was coming...
Thanks, but no thanks. Never again...
My OS X Office 2011 key would never activate after months of talking back and forth with Microsoft. Their phone activation was "offline" for over a week and when it came back on I finally got my activation code which always said invalid. Now I see why they never fixed the issue, a new release was coming...
Thanks, but no thanks. Never again...
IMHO Nothing beats Excel for serious business use.
I prefer Word to Pages, although I can see the merits of both.
Keynote is better than PowerPoint, but PowerPoint is better for compatibility with Windows.
A new office would be great, although Office 2013 via Microsoft Remote Desktop on my iPad works surprisingly well.
I prefer Word to Pages, although I can see the merits of both.
Keynote is better than PowerPoint, but PowerPoint is better for compatibility with Windows.
A new office would be great, although Office 2013 via Microsoft Remote Desktop on my iPad works surprisingly well.
the only thing i liked about office for mac were its icons.
I was disappointed when i used for the first time though.
I was disappointed when i used for the first time though.
Try Outline from the MAS. It's not perfect, but it is the best ON alternative on the Mac. Good enough that I don't need to fire up Windows/Parallels anymore.
PDF has been my format of choice for distributing documents. No need to send a .DOCX file anymore.
I am also done with Microsoft products
I was on the market for buying electric car. One of the option was Ford Focus Electric. Everything was exactly what I was looking for but as soon as I realized they are using Microsoft Sync for their in car entertainment, then I changed my mind not even trying to test drive. I searched on the web and I found there is syncsucks.com
I mean, anything from Microsoft still reminds me blue screen days and which is happening in the cars even today. There was a video from poor Ford owner, his/her car was totally frozen !!! It's the fact and I can't trust Microsoft anymore.
And like most of the posts here, I really don't care MS Office for Mac.
I am happy with my Macs without it. I love Pages works perfectly for my use.
Apple rocks !!!
I was on the market for buying electric car. One of the option was Ford Focus Electric. Everything was exactly what I was looking for but as soon as I realized they are using Microsoft Sync for their in car entertainment, then I changed my mind not even trying to test drive. I searched on the web and I found there is syncsucks.com
I mean, anything from Microsoft still reminds me blue screen days and which is happening in the cars even today. There was a video from poor Ford owner, his/her car was totally frozen !!! It's the fact and I can't trust Microsoft anymore.
And like most of the posts here, I really don't care MS Office for Mac.
I am happy with my Macs without it. I love Pages works perfectly for my use.
Apple rocks !!!
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
I know that won't work for everyone, but for my needs they work great.
I always hear people say this, but anytime I've encountered it... I say the "You're using it wrong." Actually, it's "You're using the wrong program". Often from the use cases I've seen where excel is used for "business use" is when it's being used wrong. Too many times do I usually see it being used as a "database". Just use a freak'n database then!
Sorry for the rant, but that's my personal experience. Excel is being used wrong. Excel is for spreadsheets, not database management.
I have both office and iWork and 3 apps are usually never used
-Numbers
-Powerpoint
-Word
I just want either apple or MS to fix their apps so I can just have one suite taking space on my hard drive.
Save your breath. In order to score as many 'fanboy brownie points' as possible, some posters will slash anything Microsoft, Google, Samsung and Android at every possible opportunity. Professional haters
Why is Office so slow on my Air?
Pages is less feature rich but at least it runs smoothly.
I wonder what new bugs they will feature in this release? So much anticipation of all the ways they can destroy our data for additional cost!
I'll pass.
I'll pass.
I stopped using MS Office when Apple updated iWork several months back. iWork apps has been working smoothly for me and have had no issues with files opening up on PC's at work. Other than that, the ability have the files sync through iCloud on any of my devices far outweighs anything that I was able to do with Office. iWork has been fantastic and using Office is just too cumbersome.
Now, if Microsoft were to release Office for the Mac with complete compatibility with the Windows version then I would definitely reinstate my Office 365 subscription. Having all Office programs, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote and even Access working on my Mac and iPads just as well as the iWork programs would be great.
However, history with Microsoft tells me that will never happen.
Now, if Microsoft were to release Office for the Mac with complete compatibility with the Windows version then I would definitely reinstate my Office 365 subscription. Having all Office programs, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote and even Access working on my Mac and iPads just as well as the iWork programs would be great.
However, history with Microsoft tells me that will never happen.
Seeing these posts, I wonder what kind of work MR posters do. I unfortunately produce documents that may be sent to others to edit.
I have to often make presentations on someone else's conference room computer which is not often a Mac.
If you live and work in an insular world where you don't have to interact with other businesses or non-Mac users then maybe these alternatives are possible.
For me, not using Office would be such a pain in the ass that regardless of how poor the software is, I have to use it because it is THE business document format.
I have to often make presentations on someone else's conference room computer which is not often a Mac.
If you live and work in an insular world where you don't have to interact with other businesses or non-Mac users then maybe these alternatives are possible.
For me, not using Office would be such a pain in the ass that regardless of how poor the software is, I have to use it because it is THE business document format.
Not sure about newer versions but 2011 for Mac is by far the best office suite I've ever used. Not sure what all the hate for Office is over outside of it being made by Microsoft... who is really no longer the "bad guy" lol.