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Microsoft Office 2015 (2016?)

Re-downloading microsoft word onto new MacBook Air

I've been looking on the forum for the solution to my problem, but have had no such luck. Sorry if it has been addressed before and I just couldn't find it, but I am upgrading to a 2014 MacBook Air from a 2010 MacBook Pro and want to know if it's possible to somehow re-download microsoft word onto the new air? Do you know if its even possible? Thank you for the help
 
Yes, you can do it but you need the original install key you used. If it's been used twice you have to call into Microsoft to get authorization. If you don't have the key you're pretty much out of luck.
 
snazzychap said:
I've been looking on the forum for the solution to my problem, but have had no such luck. Sorry if it has been addressed before and I just couldn't find it, but I am upgrading to a 2014 MacBook Air from a 2010 MacBook Pro and want to know if it's possible to somehow re-download microsoft word onto the new air? Do you know if its even possible? Thank you for the help
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Yes, but as mentioned above, you will need the key. If not, then you should think of buying another license or subscribing to Office 365 instead (which could be wiser as a new version is set to appear in the next months).
 
snazzychap said:
but I am upgrading to a 2014 MacBook Air from a 2010 MacBook Pro and want to know if it's possible to somehow re-download microsoft word onto the new air? Do you know if its even possible? Thank you for the help
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As mentioned you'll need a the key and probably need to call MS on this.

If you bought it as a digital download where you purchased it from should still have the key.
 
Microsoft has just updated OneNote for both OS X and iOS. However, there are no signs of an updated version of Office for Mac yet.
 
Personally I think Microsoft may come out with an upgrade to the Mac version very silently, like when they released OneNote for Mac and the iPad version of Office. They will just release it and surprise us all. No Hype, No Nothing.
 
skaertus said:
Yes. The next Office for Windows is scheduled for release in Spring 2015, it appears, less than a year from now (http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/08/01/whats-next-for-microsoft-office.aspx). And the Mac version is lagging behind, as the counterpart for Office 2013 for Windows has not yet been released.
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I've been following this thread and saw this post. I read the blog article and noticed what I hope is not a Freudian slip regarding the Mac OS X updated suite:

"That portends the coming update to Mac OS X 11 might debut ahead of the Windows version -- later this calendar year -- but not necessarily."

Yikes?!
 
ScottNWDW said:
Personally I think Microsoft may come out with an upgrade to the Mac version very silently, like when they released OneNote for Mac and the iPad version of Office. They will just release it and surprise us all. No Hype, No Nothing.
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I do not think so... They held an event to launch the iPad version.

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campyguy said:
I've been following this thread and saw this post. I read the blog article and noticed what I hope is not a Freudian slip regarding the Mac OS X updated suite:

"That portends the coming update to Mac OS X 11 might debut ahead of the Windows version -- later this calendar year -- but not necessarily."

Yikes?!
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Yes. I hope the Mac version comes before the next Windows version at least. Or, if it comes later, Microsoft should at least keep some feature parity.
 
I've long given up using Mac Office, this waiting game is but another reason. I hope that with this delay they won't release something that is hamstrung.
 
The problem is that across platforms their software supports different things. Even on the same platform when it comes to Win8!



Take OneNote. Great app on WIndows desktop, much less so under Windows Modern UI, iOS, OSX and Android.



Irritating!!
 
psik said:
Ok wow... Microsoft can never get anything right
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Yes, Microsoft does get things right. And Office is one of them.

Microsoft Office for Windows is by far the best office suite on earth, and nothing comes even close. LibreOffice is certainly improving, and can do very useful for a lot of stuff, but it does not have the same level of quality as Microsoft Office 2013. Word Perfect Office is not evolving as it should, and it looks dated.

Microsoft Office for Mac is outdated and is much inferior to the Windows version. Still, it is the best office suite available for the Mac. Apple iWork is not even a contender here. Apple does not seem to invest enough money to develop iWork as it should, and the suite lacks even basic features.

The bottom line is that people are bootcamping or using virtual machines to run Office for Windows because it is so much better than anything else available on the Mac. Office for Mac is the next big thing. And both are made by Microsoft.

The one who does not get an office suite right is Apple. If Apple put money and effort on iWork, it could turn out to be a good Microsoft Office replacement. But Apple seems more interesting in "wowing" people with stuping simple apps for iOS than providing them fully-featured tools for doing real work. As we cannot count on Apple to do a decent office suite, we have to rely on Microsoft. And Microsoft's priority is, of course, Microsoft Windows, not only because it is made by Microsoft itself, but also because the vast majority of businesses rely on it.
 
iWork is a consumer suite and not designed to be an MS Office replacement. Most home users would find it more than good enough for anything they would want to do.



But, yeah MS Office on Windows is a very good office suite and not too shabby on the Mac either though it is missing both some functionality and actual apps in comparison.
 
skaertus said:
Yes, Microsoft does get things right. And Office is one of them.

Microsoft Office for Windows is by far the best office suite on earth, and nothing comes even close. LibreOffice is certainly improving, and can do very useful for a lot of stuff, but it does not have the same level of quality as Microsoft Office 2013. Word Perfect Office is not evolving as it should, and it looks dated.

Microsoft Office for Mac is outdated and is much inferior to the Windows version. Still, it is the best office suite available for the Mac. Apple iWork is not even a contender here. Apple does not seem to invest enough money to develop iWork as it should, and the suite lacks even basic features.

The bottom line is that people are bootcamping or using virtual machines to run Office for Windows because it is so much better than anything else available on the Mac. Office for Mac is the next big thing. And both are made by Microsoft.

The one who does not get an office suite right is Apple. If Apple put money and effort on iWork, it could turn out to be a good Microsoft Office replacement. But Apple seems more interesting in "wowing" people with stuping simple apps for iOS than providing them fully-featured tools for doing real work. As we cannot count on Apple to do a decent office suite, we have to rely on Microsoft. And Microsoft's priority is, of course, Microsoft Windows, not only because it is made by Microsoft itself, but also because the vast majority of businesses rely on it.
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I agree with you. What I meant is the fact that Microsoft is taking so long to release what so many Mac users have been waiting for and have become fed up with - a new version - making your fans wait so long for probably no good reason - means you are not getting some things right.. At least I think...
 
lparsons21 said:
iWork is a consumer suite and not designed to be an MS Office replacement. Most home users would find it more than good enough for anything they would want to do.
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The latest version of iWork is a shadow of what iWork '09 is... and even further still from what AppleWorks/ClarisWorks were back-in-the-day (tm).

For integrated applications, AppleWorks/ClarisWorks were staples in the home (of those who owned Apple computers) and classroom. I continue to be impressed with the things that people were able to do with those apps.

IMO, Apple should've taken over Bento and improved upon iWork '09 and produced something that would a logical successor to AppleWorks.
 
lparsons21 said:
iWork is a consumer suite and not designed to be an MS Office replacement. Most home users would find it more than good enough for anything they would want to do.
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Sorry if I sound rude, but I don't get this "consumer suite" talk. Apple itself does not market iWork as a consumer suite, it always says the word "work" when marketing Pages, Numbers and PowerPoint.

The fact is that Apple is not investing enough money to compete with the big guys. It is probably not worth it anyway, so iWork is a lesser office suite, and something in that Apple puts not much effort.

This "most home users" thing is very vague. What a "home user" is? There are lots of kinds of home users, and many of them use Microsoft Office at their jobs. People usually mistake "home users" for stupid folks who want to do simple homework and cannot understand advanced features.

Well, all this talk of "simplicity over bulk" for me just means that one is not willing to take the time and put the effort to insert the features. It is easy to make stripped-down software and call it "distraction free" or "simple". Of course it is simple: it doesn't have the features. But what when you need the features? The hard part is to make software that has all the features. Features take a long time and cost money to be added. Microsoft does that, and Apple doesn't.

It is easier to say that iWork is not competing with Microsoft Office because iWork is a "consumer suite". But the thing is, "consumer suites" do not exist. iWork competes with Microsoft Office, and doesn't hold a candle to it.

But, yeah MS Office on Windows is a very good office suite and not too shabby on the Mac either though it is missing both some functionality and actual apps in comparison.
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Yes, Microsoft Office on Windows is great. The Mac version is not bad, but it is still a far cry from Office for Windows. But then again, did I pay US$ 2,000+ for my hardware to have inferior software than a US$ 500 laptop?
 
For the most part, Apple marketing is targeted to the consumer market and some specialized business markets. So expecting business class features and performance at a very cheap price and then comparing it to the relatively expensive MS Office is absurd imo.



Of course with Office 365 at about $100 per year with all the apps and up to 5TB of cloud space rather clouds the cost issue a bit.
 
lparsons21 said:
For the most part, Apple marketing is targeted to the consumer market and some specialized business markets. So expecting business class features and performance at a very cheap price and then comparing it to the relatively expensive MS Office is absurd imo.
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Well, it may be. I didn't expect iWork to be free as it is. I would happily pay for it if it was worth it. But the fact is that Microsoft Office is installed in a billion machines, and there are not even that much Macs in the world. So, it is not worth spending enough money to make any office suite for Mac with similar features to Office for Windows. It makes me wonder whether the Mac could ever compete with Windows, given that the big bucks are on the Windows side of things.

Of course with Office 365 at about $100 per year with all the apps and up to 5TB of cloud space rather clouds the cost issue a bit.
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I can be considered a "consumer user" and I pay the yearly subscription for Office 365. Office 2013 is the best software ever and it is worth every penny. Office 2011 for Mac, though, is not.
 
lparsons21 said:
iWork is a consumer suite and not designed to be an MS Office replacement. Most home users would find it more than good enough for anything they would want to do.
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I'm sorry but that's not correct. I found Numbers, to to lack basic functions, features and the ability to do the simplest tasks. Interacting with it, was a chore, it was very unapple like in that it was difficult to work with large spreadsheets. Finally the cross platform support to Excel was virtually non-existent.

The whole iWork is a consumer suite just doesn't cut it. On paper (so to speak) iWork was a great idea and some of the apps were better then others, but even for the consumer it was a limited suite.
 
The fact that you are here discussing this shows that you are more like a 'power consumer user'. My sister who does photos and social crap is more like the majority of consumers out there.



While Apple sells less in volume than MS, they make more money doing it, so I think Apple is competing quite well against MS. :)



I too subscribe to Office 365. The 'military appreciation' version @$70 per year makes a compelling case. Hell, the up to 5TB of cloud space is worth that alone!

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maflynn said:
I'm sorry but that's not correct. I found Numbers, to to lack basic functions, features and the ability to do the simplest tasks. Interacting with it, was a chore, it was very unapple like in that it was difficult to work with large spreadsheets. Finally the cross platform support to Excel was virtually non-existent.



The whole iWork is a consumer suite just doesn't cut it. On paper (so to speak) iWork was a great idea and some of the apps were better then others, but even for the consumer it was a limited suite.
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I use Number every day for the simple spreadsheet uses I have and it does just fine. So do a number of personal friends. And I do export to Excel and that works fine too.



The whole idea of iWork is to produce printed documents from the word processor, do relatively simple spreadsheets with Numbers and presentations with Keynote.



And then maybe to share with others using the same software. And have just enough compatibility with MS Office to send files to them. Lastly to be very cheap!



It has succeeded in all that.



If you don't care for it, or if it doesn't do something you need to do, then it is just the wrong 'suite' for you.
 
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