I Disagree. I consider it a step back and have removed it again from my machines.
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Microsoft Office 2015 (2016?)
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Visually its on par with its Windows brother but I don't know feature wise what's been added to this version that was missing in 2011.
Don't get me wrong, I like this better then 2011 and I'm using it, I no longer need to boot up a windows VM to use office (That's how much I hated Office:Mac 2011).
I haven't removed 2016, but I am reinstalling 2011 since Word 2016 constantly crashes. I've tried the complete uninstall and reinstall process twice with no change. I don't seem to have problems with the other apps, although I'm not a big fan of the 2013 look.
I'm not so sure that will be the case, correct me if I'm wrong but the current version is not in the MAS. While we have seen more MS products enter the iOS app store, that doesn't mean its a lock to see MS Office.
When will they release the PC version? Just searched but couldn't find any information.
Ars Technica wrote back in June that it won't happen till fall. The touch versions of the app are out already I believe.
You are correct that Office 2011 is not on the Mac App Store.
However, Microsoft have admitted that 2016 has certain restrictions in functionality due to sandboxing needed for the Mac App Store so I fully expect 2016 to be on the Mac App Store.
The following has some information on new features: https://products.office.com/en-us/mac/latest-office-for-mac#seeWhatsNew
Not sure it will be a physical copy but the one-time purchase option is to be available in September per https://products.office.com/en-us/mac/microsoft-office-for-mac
"Office 2016 for Mac is now available with Office 365.
One-time purchase coming in September."
One-time purchase coming in September."
On 2011 MBP 13" without an SSD Excel loads in 15s and Word loads in 13s, please note that these were not the first loads of the day.
I believe that during the first load the apps check both for updates and a valid license I would expect this to slow down the loading process...
I had said "they leave out a key feature from a previous version/don't make it as good as the current Windoze version"
The version of Word in Office 4.2.1 was 6....the previous version for Mac was Word 5.1a, which was waaaaay better than Word 6 in Office 4.2.1 (you can google the old reviews, I lived through it). The major complaint at the time was that in order to make Word (and Office compatible) across platforms, M$ had taken out key features from the Mac version, and then bloated the product overall with less useful features, i.e., there were so many rulers opened by default in Word 6, you barely had any screen to write on.
I was using the preview version of Office 2016. Now I am getting a message on Excel and PowerPoint that I need to "Activate Office to Create and Edit". Basically it's become a read-only version.
Since the stand-alone version is going to be released only in September, any options to extend the preview till then? Previously it used to extend if I installed the updates. But my updates are up to date.
Since the stand-alone version is going to be released only in September, any options to extend the preview till then? Previously it used to extend if I installed the updates. But my updates are up to date.
If it is that critical, you can sign up for a one month subscription for $9.99 until the standalone licensed copy is available. (or buy a cheap Windows tablet and get a year's subscription that could be used on your system as well).
Thanks. I had that in mind and just wanted to check if there are other options. Buying for a month is good but that is assuming that MS will actually release the stand alone version next month.
I always wondered why every single update has been 700mb per module. I'm thinking it installs the entire program again because it resets the activation. Really I don't know - just making it up to reason why every single update is so large. I like the new office a lot, mainly for the visual features but I doubt I will buy it once the preview ends.
Yes, it's still slow, although Word does seem to be more stable. I have one very large document that is still guaranteed to crash it just by scrolling. (It also crashes Word 2013, but far less frequently. 2007 opens and edit the same document without issue and without the slowness.) No update for Lync, which still crashes regularly and also misbehaves when someone sends a file. I've gone back to Windows for Outlook due to the lack of feature parity - in particular inability to use .pst files.
Outlook 2016 question:
Can you get it to boot with the identity (now profile) chooser? (see screenshot)
In 2011 you had to rename one of your user folders, then launch Outlook and check "Show this list when opening Outlook" box to get it to work. But from what I'm reading it sounds like in 2016 you have to launch the profile manager every time you want to switch?
Can you get it to boot with the identity (now profile) chooser? (see screenshot)
In 2011 you had to rename one of your user folders, then launch Outlook and check "Show this list when opening Outlook" box to get it to work. But from what I'm reading it sounds like in 2016 you have to launch the profile manager every time you want to switch?
