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Microsoft Updates Office 2016 Apps With Security Fixes, Feature Improvements [Updated]

Im still using the beta and don't feel comfortable in being forced to pay to "upgrade" for something that is still not working properly. In my case Excel worked since day one. However, Word has been an absolute disaster. I'm still using the Word 2011 version for work. I use Word 90% of the time and can't waste time with crashes and data loss.

Does anyone know if this upgrade would force me to sign up to Office 365 or purchase the Office 2016 suite. Again, in my book they are still in beta...
 
Just so you know -- crashing still occurs! It is still sideways ... back to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.
 
ArtOfWarfare said:
Not really.

I work at IBM and we actively encourage using Lotus Symphony instead of Office. We also use Open Office and iWork. Google Drive is the only thing that we say you absolutely should not use (because Google scrapes the documents).

And IBM moves at glacier speeds. If IBM not only allows, but encourages, using alternatives to Microsoft Office, I think that most companies have probably stopped considering Microsoft Office to be a must-have.
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You're heavily biased since you work for IBM and you're stating that IBM is actually using it's own version of Office. Congrats, it's always great to see a company use it's own software.

Granted I'm biased because I work for MS but I think market share numbers speak for themselves. IBM and Microsoft are direct competitors in pretty much every realm so I wouldn't expect IBM to embrace much of MS's portfolio just like how we don't embrace much, if any, of IBM's portfolio.

And of course, even though I work for Microsoft, my views do not officially represent Microsoft. These are solely my opinions and nothing more.
 
morcutt11 said:
They need to do something with Office for the Mac. I have Excel, Word, Outlook, etc. crashing daily. And when one crashes, it seems to take the rest with it.
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Have you tried updating your apps with today's patches? Other users are reporting that the new patches fix the crashing issues.
 
My 2 cents, I was at a place in my daily MS Office crash cycle that I would need to reload the OS so I could use MS Office. I did the install of the update and my MAC rebooted without installing the OS again. That is a win.

My 1 app that had crashed (outlook) didn't update and had to be updated after a reboot.

Time will tell but it appears they fixed the critical issue.
 
btrach144 said:
Have you tried updating your apps with today's patches? Other users are reporting that the new patches fix the crashing issues.
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I did and time will tell. If I left Office applications running over night on the computer and they are usually dead in the morning (memory leak?) so after a day or two, I should know if this fix works.
 
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DAPWNER said:
Are you running El Capitan? Please let us know how it runs!:)
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According to MS, this update does not fix the El Capitan crash problems:
Update on Office 2016 for Mac, El Capitan
On October 13, 2015, we released an update to Office 2016 for Mac containing great new features, security fixes, and stability improvements. This update doesn’t address the issues experienced by Office customers with OS X 10.11 El Capitan. We are actively working with Apple to ensure resolution with the next update of OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
https://support.office.com/en-us/ar...6076b0da547f?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1
 
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Whether it's true or not, that update from Microsoft makes it sound like El Capitan itself is partly to blame. Let's hope that the combination of today's update and 10.11.1 eliminates the crash problems.
 
punchwalk said:
Whether it's true or not, that update from Microsoft makes it sound like El Capitan itself is partly to blame. Let's hope that the combination of today's update and 10.11.1 eliminates the crash problems.
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This is entirely a Microsoft issue, they had ample time to tune their software given the public beta. Let's hope they get the fix out asap.
 
punchwalk said:
Whether it's true or not, that update from Microsoft makes it sound like El Capitan itself is partly to blame. Let's hope that the combination of today's update and 10.11.1 eliminates the crash problems.
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No crashes on 10.11.1 for me, before or after the patch...it's just really slow and makes the fan go.
 
My company does a ton of work with IBM and the literally dozens of people I work with all use Office, not that this means anything.
 
Cougarcat said:
No crashes on 10.11.1 for me, before or after the patch...it's just really slow and makes the fan go.
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No need to mention Microsoft office 2016 for Windows is equally slow, in many ways. Worse than Microsoft office 2013.
 
It appears to have fixed the problems I was having. I mostly use Word and Excel. Word was constantly crashing when copying/pasting or working on large documents. It would also crash upon opening documents and sometimes would not re-open unless the I restarted El Capitan. I have tested a few documents that Word had constant issues with and have had no crashes yet!
 
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I came to work this morning and the new Excel had locked up and I had to force quit the application, just as before the update.
 
danielkwood said:
It appears to have fixed the problems I was having. I mostly use Word and Excel. Word was constantly crashing when copying/pasting or working on large documents. It would also crash upon opening documents and sometimes would not re-open unless the I restarted El Capitan. I have tested a few documents that Word had constant issues with and have had no crashes yet!
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have you tried leaving Word or Excel running all night? Whenever I do I find that, even with this latest update, the applications are locked up and require a forced quit.
 
ArtOfWarfare said:
Not really.

I work at IBM and we actively encourage using Lotus Symphony instead of Office. We also use Open Office and iWork. Google Drive is the only thing that we say you absolutely should not use (because Google scrapes the documents).

And IBM moves at glacier speeds. If IBM not only allows, but encourages, using alternatives to Microsoft Office, I think that most companies have probably stopped considering Microsoft Office to be a must-have.
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You work for IBM and you're amazed that they are pushing you to use Lotus...who would have thought?
 
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unplugme71 said:
If you think MS Office saved the Mac, you need to get your head screwed back on buddy.
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. Most businesses use Windows PCs due to the low hardware cost. So, they use Microsoft Office. At least 90% of businesses use Microsoft Office. It's the de facto standard in business. If you want to send someone a document, you'll most likely have to send it in Microsoft Office format. You could send it to them in iWork format, but you'll likely get a response from them saying "I can't open it". You can't function in business without Microsoft Office because everyone else is using it.
 
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