Would Family Sharing be allowed? With MS, I doubt it. But if it does, maybe a subscription may be worth it.
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Microsoft Office Launching Soon on Mac App Store [Update: Out Now]
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Pages, Numbers, and Keynote all work amazingly well. And they’re free. So.
Edit: OH and they’re not made/“maintained” by MSFT. That’s the biggest plus. Less glitches.
I've moved to Office a long time ago on my Mac at home. When everything you do at your workplace (or even with friends and family) is on Windows with Office having Mac Office just makes everything work right. I have never had a lot of luck with things converting right especially Excel to Numbers and PowerPoint to Keynote or vise versa. When I use Office I just know it's all going to work right.
Hey guys. Office has been available for Mac on our website for many years! Oh and now uhhh, you can get it from the App Store as well, uhh.
I thought they already know how to do that.
First iteration of new iWork with Pages having as much functionality as Text Edit, FCPX, ditching Aperture...
I get it for free through other means and I am running the latest. I depend on Excel to manage my cash flow and other expenses. Haven’t been using Word much lately beyond referencing documents.
Many users could get away with the bundled iWork suite for the 1 to 2 or 10 page documents. Office has kinda become overkill.
Many users could get away with the bundled iWork suite for the 1 to 2 or 10 page documents. Office has kinda become overkill.
I got MS Office for free from my college
Yes I know, nothing is free. Tuition charges
Yes I know, nothing is free. Tuition charges
I HATE having to pay a subscription. It’s just another way of making you really pay through the nose. A pity you can’t put a purchased version of Office on your mobile devices like you can on your iMac or MacBook.
No pivot tables on numbers but yes I use Pages and Keynote a lotPages, Numbers, and Keynote all work amazingly well. And they’re free. So.
Edit: OH and they’re not made/“maintained” by MSFT. That’s the biggest plus. Less glitches.
... and they are now on Mac App Store.
Microsoft Office 365
Each of the 6 apps can be downloaded separately, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive.
Office 365 Home is $99.99 (6 users/family sharing ?)
Office 365 Solo is $119.99 (non-subscription?)
Office 365 Personal is $69.99 (1 user)
Microsoft Office 365
Each of the 6 apps can be downloaded separately, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive.
Office 365 Home is $99.99 (6 users/family sharing ?)
Office 365 Solo is $119.99 (non-subscription?)
Office 365 Personal is $69.99 (1 user)
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I always welcome options. Now I can choose not to download Office from yet another location!
If you own or work at a company in the EU, I wouldn't recommend buying any deductible business applications from App Store. Apple should sell them VAT free from Ireland and let EU companies apply Reverse Charge, but instead Apple levy 25% Irish VAT and refer to some part of their license which says that iTunes/App Store is only for "private persons" and not for businesses. Which is of course a complete lie, since they provide thousands of business-oriented apps.
When purchasing Office 365 subscriptions from Microsoft, I have however been able to recover VAT via my EU VAT id – making it cheaper than App Store. Usually works the same way when buying apps directly from developers or independent CDNs like Paddle.
When purchasing Office 365 subscriptions from Microsoft, I have however been able to recover VAT via my EU VAT id – making it cheaper than App Store. Usually works the same way when buying apps directly from developers or independent CDNs like Paddle.
There is a specific store for purchasing apps for a business. It is part of the Volume Purchase Program.
Someone using a personal machine can self enroll in most MDM solutions so the company can deploy the apps to them.
The regular App Store is intended only for individuals and personal use.
What is "Office 365 Solo?" Source: Mac App Store in-app purchases drop down. $119.99. Perhaps a perpetual, single-person license?
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Great day to announce this Microsoft; when a number of European businesses are hit by no Office 365 - Exchange Online....
Microsoft Incident - EX172491 - Started 9am UTC , last updated 5pm UTC and no resolution time in sight...
Microsoft Incident - EX172491 - Started 9am UTC , last updated 5pm UTC and no resolution time in sight...
The Office apps are fantastic. Microsoft can take my $100.00 or whatever ever year.
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well, if you look at market cap, Apple probably could learn something since Microsoft's cap is nearly a $100 billion higher...so maybe Microsoft is doing things just a bit better these days
Aside from the convenience others have mentioned, this also paves the way for an ARM Mac.
Wife and I already use Office 365 $99/year on our macs. We love it, money well spent, love OneDrive 1TB. Not really sure I'm going to be going out of my way to get the App store versions???
Office's 365 $99 subscription allows 5 people to share your Office subscription for 5 installs and each outlook account getting 1TB of OneDrive space. Been doing this for a long time, highly recommend it.
Agreed.
Office's 365 $99 subscription allows 5 people to share your Office subscription for 5 installs and each outlook account getting 1TB of OneDrive space. Been doing this for a long time, highly recommend it.
Agreed.
I have office 365 already instead of my macbook pro, so getting this is just like the ipad version?
obviously the overpriced subscription model
I actually think that software as a service model is a good thing, especially for high priced software like Office and Adobe. I remember paying hundreds of dollars for Photoshop every time a new version came out and now I get the whole Adobe suite for a reasonable monthly charge. I also think it helps keep the software up to date. Like I said, I paid hundreds for a new version of photoshop but now they can add major features anytime and not be stuck with old versions of software because I don’t want to pay for it. It’s all a matter of opinion I guess.
$99.99/year gives you access to 4 paid apps (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) that can be used by 6 users, OneNote, 1 TB cloud storage (for all 6 users), and 1 hour Skype calls per month (for all 6 users for calling to any numbers in Canada, China, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Thailand, and USA).
If you have no need for these apps, it may not be as good value as Apple iCloud or Google One, both of which offer 2 TB for $9.99/month.