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Hope Microsoft releases the public beta soon. As for running Yosemite: check.
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Microsoft Office 2015 (2016?)
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Hope Microsoft releases the public beta soon. As for running Yosemite: check.
If Yosemite is a requirement then Microsoft will lose a subscriber.Hope everyone's running Yosemite
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Hope everyone's running Yosemite
Not surprising, since all the talk from MS indicates Office 2016 is gonna be Windows 10 only, not windows 7 or 8
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I already use iWork '09 (primarily Pages and Keynote) to a great extent. Only Numbers is a dud IMO. For a spreadsheet (and Office compatibility) I go with LibreOffice which I use extensively as well and can get it to behave with MS Office document interchange.
It is this new cross-platform nature of MS Office that got me to subscribe in the first place, but I'm not going to compromise my systems (by installing an OS I have no desire to upgrade to) to do it.
Different motivations. If MS is making Office 2016 Windows 10-only (which I doubt, BTW), then it will be because they want as many people as possible to upgrade to their latest OS, so they can stop supporting their older OS'es.
But on Mac, it's different. Microsoft shouldn't care too much what OS people are on. The motivation there is they'll want to use advanced (graphic) features that are only available in Yosemite.
All the press release stuff and the Office Blog States for Windows 10, so we will see I guess.
As for Mac, there could be any number of reasons for it. Not just graphic features, but iCloud Drive. That's probably the more prominent reason.
Do we know what the latest is? It's been far too long. IMO Office for Mac is still superior to iWork!
Office 2016 out later this year (Quarter 3 I believe was the last I heard). Public beta believed to be in next few months
Office for Mac is superior to iWork in most respects. iWork has a better interface and is more stable, but it is very basic. I wish I could use iWork instead of Office, but it just lacks the features I need/want.
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I installed Office 2016 preview for Windows and it hardly seems to have any difference from Office 2013. Did anybody feel the same?
That was announced by Microsoft in November. Does anybody have any idea of more specific dates?
The beta could be released until June, and the final version between July-December.
That's still vague. Any idea of exactly when Microsoft will release it?
I would think the public beta will be in a couple of months, as W/E/P are a little flaky right now. Probably April/May.
For the final, maybe around Oct to buy into the new OS X hype?
For the final, maybe around Oct to buy into the new OS X hype?
Still a long way to go if that holds up. But that's to be expected anyway.
What do you think are the chances that Office 2015 requires 10.10 or later to install? OneNote is already restricted to 10.9 and since 10.10 was such a dramatic departure in terms of UI and features I could see it requiring Yosemite which would be very annoying.
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Does anyone know how to make Word 2011 look like Pages 09 in terms of tighter UI (ribbon is busy) and simpler layout?
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Does anyone know how to make Word 2011 look like Pages 09 in terms of tighter UI (ribbon is busy) and simpler layout?
WHAT!? I missed his message when I posted the question about Yosemite!
That infuriates me! I've been waiting for a new office for years and now they're going to (supposedly) require an OS with a far less usable UI!? (I don't care about pretty or ugly, Yosemite is less usable and harder to read)
I agree with you Sracer. I have the subscription and have been trying to move away from Pages, but if they pull this than I'll cancel my subscription, move to markdown on iOS and format with Pages 09 on Mavericks. I have Office:2013 on a perpetual license for $8.95 from my school. I'll use that via VMWare for my occasional needs where I require Office.
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I'm in a bad place. The ability to work from my iPad is key for me. I don't like the new Pages so I use Pages 09 on my desktop so I can't work very easily between them.
Office for iPad is really good so I've largely moved back to Office for OS X and iOS connectivity.
I love the Pages tight UI, I was wondering if there was a way to make Word look more like Pages. The closest think I can come up with is to (1) hide the ribbon, (2) show the format bar, (3) and move to draft view.
You know, I've been thinking more and more about moving to general standards like Markdown for writing and just using a desktop word processor (like Pages 09) for formatting when it needs to be sent.
I'm tired of buying into to proprietary formats only to be burned. I had so many files in iWork 09 format, which Apple killed. Now if the latest Office requires Yosemite I may stop using Office on my iPad for everything.
.txt is the way to go I supposed. For just the raw text that is....
I'm tired of buying into to proprietary formats only to be burned. I had so many files in iWork 09 format, which Apple killed. Now if the latest Office requires Yosemite I may stop using Office on my iPad for everything.
.txt is the way to go I supposed. For just the raw text that is....
I'm taking things one step at a time. At the moment, as you know, I'm heavily invested in iWork '09 Pages and Keynote. For spreadsheets I use LibreOffice and only use Excel on Mac when I need it.You know, I've been thinking more and more about moving to general standards like Markdown for writing and just using a desktop word processor (like Pages 09) for formatting when it needs to be sent.
I'm tired of buying into to proprietary formats only to be burned. I had so many files in iWork 09 format, which Apple killed. Now if the latest Office requires Yosemite I may stop using Office on my iPad for everything.
.txt is the way to go I supposed. For just the raw text that is....
Because of the things that I'm involved in, I have had to try to remain OS-neutral for quite a few things... except graphic art and media creation is OSX-based. Anything that will be printed is also OSX-based. But other than those things, I try to be flexible enough to do work on multiple platforms.
I've long since ditched EverNote (it became too bloated for my tastes). I switched to markdown .txt that is centralized on dropbox.
OSX : nvAlt (notational Velocity alternative)
iOS: Notesy
Android: Drafts
Windows: Resophnotes
Windows tablet: Code writer
My research, rough drafts, and miscellaneous notes are stored as plain text files on dropbox (specific folder-tree) with markdown as needed. It has worked out great... and I can pick up any of my devices at any time and pick up where I left off.
The more time that passes, the greater freedom and flexibility I'm experiencing with this approach.
Thank you for posting this. I am in the same processes and have already moved some of my class notes to .txt format and, like you, I sync everything through a folder-tree structure in Dropbox
I'm currently using Write for iOS and OS X, but it has some little things that bug me. Thanks for posting the apps you use, I'll check them out because I need a good editor for Windows.
I really think this is the way to go. Platform and program neutral. I can't trust Apple to keep a consistent format and although Office is pretty consistent (but not perfect) their unreliable app development hinder it's usage for me.
And how would you feel if the modern version of Office required OS X 10.10 as is rumored/suspected in this thread?
That won't work for some people (like me) because I work with Office documents all throughout the day, I'd be in Windows all the time. That's why I'm moving away from Office.
I like VMWare's Unity mode, but you have to share your home folder with Windows and I really don't want Windows programs having access to all my files.
It is annoying because teachers have Office 2010 and I have Office 2011. You send them a document that supposedly passed a "Compatibility Check" without issues and it is all discombobulated.