I use MS Office 365 subscription for 5 computers ($10 / mo.) It works fine for me. I am not sure if you will find a legitimate channel for 2011. If you are trying to avoid MS Office you could try Libre Office (free) or King Office, etc...
If I were you I would try Office 365 for a month, and then decide for yourself.
I recently bought the new Macbook 12" (El Capitan, early 2016).
I want to get Microsoft Office for it but the reviews on 2016 are awful. Can anyone recommend a legitimate source to purchase Microsoft Office 2011?
Does anyone have any experience with Office 2016 and El Capitan?
If anything, the 2016 is miles ahead of the 2011 version. I used the 2011 from day one and the 2016 is the biggest update to the Office for Mac series ever, so I would at least give it a try.
Or if you don't do anything complex, the free online version of Excel might be enough for you.
MS still sells the stand alone version, you'll not be required to buy the subscription if you fell that's not a value for you.I'm looking for a one time purchase option. I mainly use excel.
I don't find 2016 slow at all.MS has managed to make a native app that slow is beyond me but there you go and with every release it gets worse.
I definitely do complex things with Excel. I was reading the reviews on Amazon for 2016 and a lot of people complained about El Capitan and 2016.
So, you have 2016? What's your operating system? Any problems with it crashing or not saving?
Great thread! You mean Office 2016 for Mac is out already? That's excellent news if it means what I think it means.(Namely, there was a rumor that Office 2016 was going to bring back full VBA support). Did that turn out to be true in the end? For me, VBA is the SOLE reason why I still use anything Microsoft anymore, but it seems that all the versions since the ones that work on Windows 7, they tried to do away with it and replace it for something else, which was nowhere near as good. (as a result, most of us still clung onto our windows 7 machines for dear life just for this fact alone, but quite happily moved to Apple for everything else. Now Windows 7 is nearing the end of its life cycle though, this has become very worrying, as most of my work relies on using this technology, so if nothing supported VBA properly anymore, that would be very bad news). However, the one ray o light at the end of the tunnel was that Office for Mac was a project they were currently working on (which would solve alot of these issues). I know though that previous versions were not quite fully functional for VBA though, however the rumor that Office 2016 will fully support VBA again could be the solution! So is there anyone on here who has tried it that can confirm what their experience of it is was like? (I'd especially love to hear from people who used to use the Windows versions but are now using the Mac version, and use it for VBA) Your help would be greatly appreciated. (Because if it works the way I am hoping, I'm literally going to buy this straight away, and will be a very happy bunny!) If there are any issues though, please let me know what your experiences were, and how you got around them. Many thanks in advance.If anything, the 2016 is miles ahead of the 2011 version. I used the 2011 from day one and the 2016 is the biggest update to the Office for Mac series ever, so I would at least give it a try.
Or if you don't do anything complex, the free online version of Excel might be enough for you.
When you use Excel, do you use VBA? (and if so, can you confirm that this combination of EL Captain with Excel 2008 works?)I think I will stick to excel 2008 for use with my El Cap macs, even though the firewall bugs me a bit with it...
I tried to buy 2011 from Best Buy recently, it was the same day they were taking remaining copies off the shelf. They had probably 150 copies in stock but could not sell any to me because the item "was deleted".
So I was like "If the item doesn't exist and I take it, is that even stealing". They said "Sir, you are not taking any of these".
There are "other means" of obtaining it.I'm looking for a one time purchase option. I mainly use excel.
What is the difference between 2011 & 365?
It has, my Office suite has been getting regular updates.I'd look for updated reviews on 2016, there's a good chance it has been significantly patched since release.
Oh you mean stealing it. I suppose theft is always an option.There are "other means" of obtaining it.
well..tbh, that would of have been my last resort....if there was no other way to buy it.Office 2016 is working great for me. The new layout is a lot better than 2011 in my opinion. I use it daily without any hiccups. I don't see any reason to run the 2011 suite.
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Oh you mean stealing it. I suppose theft is always an option.
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HJ9H2LL/A/microsoft-office-home-student-2016-for-macwell..tbh, that would of have been my last resort....if there was no other way to buy it.
i'm talking about 2011.
i'm talking about 2011.