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Office for Mac 2011 - It's Amazing!
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LOL its worse then MSN:Mac
Yep, it's a pile of crap (amsn), though I use it occasionally only to check on my offline msgs......
OK, so I got the final version. I know its not out in the shop but we all know BT and its out there.
So what can I say? I put everything except for Messenger (why not? cuz I use Adium). I must say the office is great, I'm very used to ribbon interface from windows, I find it much better than that S$&^T in 2008 that floats on the right. It works super fast, much faster than 08.
Also ability to connect and access windows PC computers in awesome. Other features like document connection or collaboration is great. Definitely not getting iWork, mainly because of compatibility issues.
So what can I say? I put everything except for Messenger (why not? cuz I use Adium). I must say the office is great, I'm very used to ribbon interface from windows, I find it much better than that S$&^T in 2008 that floats on the right. It works super fast, much faster than 08.
Also ability to connect and access windows PC computers in awesome. Other features like document connection or collaboration is great. Definitely not getting iWork, mainly because of compatibility issues.
I'm really excited about the release of Office 2011. I never did like 2008, but the adoption of the ribbon interface looks great, and the inclusion of Outlook has made me make the decision to purchase. One thing though, is it possible to entirely disable Junk Email so it doesn't appear (out of character) on the sidebar of the screenshots I've seen? I don't need the built in junk protection, so it would be better if it can be removed entirely.
Also, do you think I'll be able to buy it day 1 from the Apple Store?
Also, do you think I'll be able to buy it day 1 from the Apple Store?
Excel graph copy paste to Illustrator
It the ability to copy/paste graphs from excel to illustrator back?
This gong show was similar to the earlier comment about ChemDraw editing, Microsoft claimed it was Adobe's problem, Adobe blamed Microsoft and they both agreed it was OSX that was the real culprit.
This single issue made me drop office entirely.
It the ability to copy/paste graphs from excel to illustrator back?
This gong show was similar to the earlier comment about ChemDraw editing, Microsoft claimed it was Adobe's problem, Adobe blamed Microsoft and they both agreed it was OSX that was the real culprit.
This single issue made me drop office entirely.
Why should it include Outlook? I believe Outlook is targeted towards Business use, therefore Office for Windows 2010 Home and Student does not include Outlook as well and means Microsoft can offer a cheaper price. You can use Mail, supplied free with the OS.
I'm really excited about the release of Office 2011. I never did like 2008, but the adoption of the ribbon interface looks great, and the inclusion of Outlook has made me make the decision to purchase. One thing though, is it possible to entirely disable Junk Email so it doesn't appear (out of character) on the sidebar of the screenshots I've seen? I don't need the built in junk protection, so it would be better if it can be removed entirely.
Also, do you think I'll be able to buy it day 1 from the Apple Store?
I imagine you should be able to get it on Oct 26th. It may be wise just to pre-order a copy in your nearest Apple store just in case it sells out.
Exactly. It has to compete with iWork (which does not include email client). Microsoft have SIGNIFICANTLY cut the price of OFM2011 and provided the same application set (spreadsheet, presentation & word processor) & more of it's closest competitor.
If you need those extra's then the business edition is the way to go.
How do you figure that? I know that is what Microsoft is saying, and yes they do have a new single license Home & Student edition for $119, but the equivalent 3-license pack as last year is the exact same price at $149. The other versions are also the exact same price as 2008.
As to Outlook as a stand-alone product they have always had the Windows version available as a separate product, so why not the Mac version as well? It may not make sense financially to buy it that way though; the total price may be more than the next package which includes it.
The 2008 Home&Student edition, which was priced comparatively, did include Entourage. I think it is stupid that they do not to include Outlook.
That would fight against their Office for Windows policy. My dad was shocked when he had to pay 350 for Office 2010 because he wanted and needed Outlook.
The people who can't justify paying ~200$ more for Outlook are likely to be fine with Windows Live Mail or Thunderbird.
Outlook (Windows) has always been available as a stand-alone product. The current price is $140.
I just tried Office 2011 and it really is snappy compared to the 2008 version!! Such an improvement.
There's a couple of things I'm not so sure of though:
1) In Outlook, why have the Ribbon part and then above it the Send/Receive and Redo/Undo icons etc. separately? They could have saved a couple of inches of space by merging them together....
2) Another thing I've noticed is that Word still won't open in 100% full screen by default - I will still have to click the green (+) button each time to have it fill the small "fissures" of space. Why was this behavior not addressed? It seems to work fine in PPT and Outlook, but not in Word and Excel, though the latter will at least fill all the vertical space, but not horizontal.
There's a couple of things I'm not so sure of though:
1) In Outlook, why have the Ribbon part and then above it the Send/Receive and Redo/Undo icons etc. separately? They could have saved a couple of inches of space by merging them together....
2) Another thing I've noticed is that Word still won't open in 100% full screen by default - I will still have to click the green (+) button each time to have it fill the small "fissures" of space. Why was this behavior not addressed? It seems to work fine in PPT and Outlook, but not in Word and Excel, though the latter will at least fill all the vertical space, but not horizontal.
Shift-command-S
Choose the template (.dotx) and you'll be set.
Now: Does anybody know how to..
1) Get 'fields' in word to update. Any combination of F9 doesn't seem to work.
2) Is the right margin increasing by 1.5 when opening up a .docx created on a mac on a pc?
Those are the two things I'm having issues with.
Way better than 2008. I can actually do work from home without needing parallels.
Can someone please tell me what happened to the right click context menu in Excel? Unless I double click on a cell (i.e. get into edit mode, where I see the cursor in the cell), nothing happens when I right click. This means that I have to go into the Edit pull down menu to, for example, paste special. This can't be so - any ideas?
this may have been posted already but I've got an issue. I tried to make a powerpoint presentation but the slides dont show up in presentation mode. They just flicker for the transition animation and disappear. HELP ME!
other then that, office 2011 is pretty bad-ass
other then that, office 2011 is pretty bad-ass
how to clean up ribbon, progress bar?
So far I'm unimpressed, coming from the clean lines of Entourage.
Can anyone point to the previous poster's question about the progress bar (I know it can be brought up in a window, that's not ideal)?
And, the ribbon has so much useless crap in it - but I can't turn it off because the useful crap is there too - I don't need the meetings/junk/categories/filter - can i turn any off there?
So far I'm unimpressed, coming from the clean lines of Entourage.
Can anyone point to the previous poster's question about the progress bar (I know it can be brought up in a window, that's not ideal)?
And, the ribbon has so much useless crap in it - but I can't turn it off because the useful crap is there too - I don't need the meetings/junk/categories/filter - can i turn any off there?
Exchange Server
I have been running Office for Mac 2008 and syncing contacts, e-mail and calendar between Entourage and (i) my iPhone, (ii) Outlook (Windows version) on my computer at work, and (iii) all of my Macs using our Exchange 2003 server software at work.
I have been looking forward to getting Office for Mac 2011, but the review in PC Mag says that you need to have Exchange 2007 (or later) software in order to sync contacts, e-mail and calendar for the new Outlook that is included in that software. It won't sync under the Exchange 2003 software. Does anyone know if this is correct? I am told by our office IT guy that it would cost almost $2,000 to upgrade the server software (software plus installation) and that is not in the cards.
I appreciate your help.
I have been running Office for Mac 2008 and syncing contacts, e-mail and calendar between Entourage and (i) my iPhone, (ii) Outlook (Windows version) on my computer at work, and (iii) all of my Macs using our Exchange 2003 server software at work.
I have been looking forward to getting Office for Mac 2011, but the review in PC Mag says that you need to have Exchange 2007 (or later) software in order to sync contacts, e-mail and calendar for the new Outlook that is included in that software. It won't sync under the Exchange 2003 software. Does anyone know if this is correct? I am told by our office IT guy that it would cost almost $2,000 to upgrade the server software (software plus installation) and that is not in the cards.
I appreciate your help.
Same here. MS dropped support for Exchange 2003 and earlier, which makes Outlook for Mac useless for many of us in the same boat. I don't know if the new Outlook supports OWA (Outlook Web Access, or IMAP) or not; if it does then it could still work with Exchange 2003 if your company is configured that way, just not as effectively. MS Office for Mac 2004 supported Exchange and OWA, but the 2008 version removed Exchange support in the Student and Teacher edition (it was still there in the more expensive versions).