Microsoft Office and final cut workflows with touchbar

[borgusio]

After reading the troublesome reviews about the tbMBP I decided to pull back and postpone my purchase until I undestand better if the new TB is the main battery killer and if the TB is useful at all. I may need 4 USB-C ports and that's why I was originally considering just the tb version. It seems that I may make it with two, therefore now I would like to understand if the TB would be useful in my working environment.

My typical business use is word, excel, powerpoint and outlook. Typical things that I do with shortcuts are
- format text
- delete word/letter AFTER the cursor
- take a screenshot
- show presentation or go full screen
- select all
- copy, paste, cut
I also use the escape button costantly and the volume buttons very often.

The other package where I use a lot of shortcuts is final cut pro, mostly these:
- trim
- substitute
- volume
- effects
- render

Did anyone use extensively these applications the last few weeks and can report how the workflow changed/improved/worsened?

Please just answers from people who really use these applications seriously

Thanks a lot in advance

 

[chrfr]

Office does not yet support the Touch Bar.

 

[borgusio]

Office does not yet support the Touch Bar.

https://blogs.office.com/2016/10/27/office-for-mac-adds-touch-bar-support/

So the microsoft blog just announced it without releasing it? Strange

 

[thesaint024]

After reading the troublesome reviews about the tbMBP I decided to pull back and postpone my purchase until I undestand better if the new TB is the main battery killer and if the TB is useful at all. I may need 4 USB-C ports and that's why I was originally considering just the tb version. It seems that I may make it with two, therefore now I would like to understand if the TB would be useful in my working environment.

My typical business use is word, excel, powerpoint and outlook. Typical things that I do with shortcuts are
- format text
- delete word/letter AFTER the cursor
- take a screenshot
- show presentation or go full screen
- select all
- copy, paste, cut
I also use the escape button costantly and the volume buttons very often.

I will give my take on Office. As noted, tb functionality TBD, so we'll see when it comes out. Most of the functions you mention I do by hotkey, not menus (or potentially touchbar). So for me personally, the tb or non discussion is irrelevant since both wouldn't change my workflow. I'm coming from a PC that seems to have had many more hotkeys, still trying to figure them all out with Mac Office. Another example is function keys seemed more useful on PC. I used F2 and F4 in Excel all the time. Since these don't work on Mac the same way, I don't really lose anything with the physical function keys not being there.

 

[MareLuce]

Wow, thanks for the link! Awesome news.

Maybe if you are a Office 365 subscriber you'll get it soon?

 

[thesaint024]

Wow, thanks for the link! Awesome news.

Maybe if you are a Office 365 subscriber you'll get it soon?

Yes. I should note that the 365 subscribers get constant updates, so tb support will be available immediately upon release. That is not necessarily the case for those with a purchased offline version, who may have to wait for the next full upgrade?