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Microsoft Launches Free 30-Day Trials of Office 2011
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I agree 100%. We just migrated to Office 2011 at work on 7 Macs. In an environment where Exchange compatibility is key - as is cross-platform compatibility - this version of Office for Mac is honestly amazing.
We have iWork installed on all the machines as well - but other than opening the occasional document from a client or two - it doesn't get used. It's not that it's horrible - just not the standard.
Definite thumbs up. Let's not forget that M$ is a software company - first and foremost. Now that Mac has a slightly bigger market share then in previous years, they are taking it seriously - and Office 2011 shows it.
Well done.
You are incorrect. I have installed it on several different Macs - they all work exactly like their PC Outlook counterparts with our Exchange server... Entourage was a horrid product in comparison.
It's nice to see them finally offer a trial. I'm a Office Fanboy. I laugh at iWork and those who use it.
Yes and we who use iWorks laugh at your slow bloatware that always seems to crash or hangup at the most inconvenient times.
They better should fix all the bugs and add the missing features ... having used MS Office since it's first days on a PC I'm more than disappointed with 2011.
I am very satisfied with Office 2011. Our deal with The Vole gets us either Office 2010 Professional Plus or Office 2011 for 10 bucks. Now once we get Exchange 2010 running, I can finally dump Entourage.
Office 2008 was pretty bad, but Office 2011 is OK. It's far from being the word processor, or spreadsheet of my dreams, but at least if I send a client Office format files they can use them.
Apple, should turn it's creative genius on building a better word processor (better than MS, and better than Pages). The last revolutionary thing in word processing might have been back in the MacWrite days.
steve ballmer is desperate, dropping the windoze tablets as he is donning a blue jean (struggling to get his fat arse into it) and a black turtle neck sweater (even more struggling)...... looking? for his john lennon glasses, .........
apple, wake up! get with the project and make iwork ........ WORK!
let's get rid of this microsoft sheise forever!...................
Too bad I can use MSO hours at a time without any problems. And Word takes 2 seconds to go to a blank document after I click on the icon for the first time after I've booted up Mac OS X
. iWork is the complete opposite for me. Just had bad experiences with it and don't care for the interface.
I like this version much better than 2008, and I picked up 2011 and 2010 (Bootcamp) $10 each through HUP
Microsoft Office that is small enough to be downloaded? Now that is news!
What next? Adobe CS smaller enough to download? Nah!
What next? Adobe CS smaller enough to download? Nah!
Does anyone know if this version of Office (Word) for Mac finally includes a Canadian English dictionary? Am using Word Mac 2008 right now which doesn't have a Canadian English dictionary and its driving me crazy.
Edit: I have since learned that Office 2011 for Mac does now include a Canadian English dictionary. Sweet.
Edit: I have since learned that Office 2011 for Mac does now include a Canadian English dictionary. Sweet.
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And we who exchange documents amongst the rest of the Office dominated world with 100% compatibility just laugh at your toy office suite.
iWork if for 8th graders and Grandmas.
It's like $10 for college students in California. The CSU has a site license, you can buy a CD for $10 in most college bookstores.
Agree - I got it from my company since it uses Exchange and I needed outlook - but it is truly the worst app I have on the mac - half the time spinning beach ball and overall very very sluggish, horrible implementation.
1. good question - not worth it
2. than nobody would have bought it since everybody would have seen that it stinks. Guess by now, most who think they need office got it and the bad reviews are out
If it's not on the Mac App Store, I'm not buying it. I don't want Microsoft scattering files all over my computer.
Apple don't allow trials on the App Store. All the people who say "Office sucks!" are exactly the people who need the trial, because judging a new version of a product solely based on your experiences of an older one is lazy thinking. I would even go so far as to say you're mentally deficient.