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Office for Mac 2011 Launches October 26th

stellaclose said:
I've been playing around with this for the last few days and noticed that there is no way to sync Outlook with ical for iPhone/MobileMe syncing. It seems like the only way to get this is to use a MS Exchange Server instead to get cloud syncing of your calendars. I hope they release a fix as even Office 2008 Entourage used sync services to sync calendars.

Currently Outlook 2011 sync services only supports Address Book syncing.
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I'm pretty sure this doesn't exist on the Windows side either. When our department moved to Google Calendar from the old Exchange/Outlook combo a year or so back, there was no Microsoft-approved way to migrate a user's data to any ical-standard calendaring system. Fortunately non-Microsoft tools exist :D but it was still a pain in the neck.

Given the dominance of the Exchange/Outlook combo in business, I'm not too surprised. If Google Calendar continues to grow, eventually Microsoft will come around because then it will make business sense - analogous to how Internet Explorer is now moving towards standards support.
 
I have yet to meet someone who likes the ribbon of 07 & 11. They basically just made the icons so huge that they need tabs now. At least give us an option to have small icons again so everything can fit on the bar. I get they used it to organize but it's frustrating.
 
Well, it looks like they've managed to mess up the user interface as badly on the Mac version as on the Windows version. Fortunately there's NeoOffice.org, which doesn't require forgetting everything you know about how to use an office suite, and starting from scratch.
 
Digitalclips said:
I'll pass thanks. Now we have MLS here for my wife in West Florida on a Mac without the need for Parallels or VMware I think I will spend the rest of my life MS free. It's been a long road and to be here at last is sweet :)
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Is Microsoft really /that/ bad to where you want to live your life as if they never existed? I know that this is mostly a fanboy forum, but come on! Both companies are great, and have their pros and cons. Some of you people act as if Apple is absolutely the best company in the world, and you would dedicate your life to them. Apple is far from perfect.
 
JAQ said:
Well, it looks like they've managed to mess up the user interface as badly on the Mac version as on the Windows version. Fortunately there's NeoOffice.org, which doesn't require forgetting everything you know about how to use an office suite, and starting from scratch.
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NeoOffice won't go over well in a well managed business.

Such a dramatic statement too. You don't have to FORGET everything you know (oh woe is me!) Its just a matter of taking a few minutes to look at the Ribbon. Most professionals use short cut keys anyways.


Brinkman said:
I have yet to meet someone who likes the ribbon of 07 & 11. They basically just made the icons so huge that they need tabs now. At least give us an option to have small icons again so everything can fit on the bar. I get they used it to organize but it's frustrating.
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It was not well received when we moved from 2003 to 2007. Our users now have no issues with it.
 
BeSweeet said:
Is Microsoft really /that/ bad to where you want to live your life as if they never existed? I know that this is mostly a fanboy forum, but come on! Both companies are great, and have their pros and cons. Some of you people act as if Apple is absolutely the best company in the world, and you would dedicate your life to them. Apple is far from perfect.
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Blasphemy... blasphforyou...

That kind of talk may provoke the fanboys to come out in force!

It looks like a solid update, but iWork is cheaper isn't it?
 
I am using Outllok 2011 for main mail app now and its great. Never understood why mail sucked so bad on OS X.
 
Mattie Num Nums said:
As long as you use the Internet you will never be MS free.
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This is off-topic, but your comment caught my eye. How does using the Net involve MS?

On topic, this is a good update for those who need compatibility. Getting VBA back is great. But for myself it's moot as I've been MS-free for half-a-decade.

So back to off-topic, what MS software am I using on the Net that I'm not aware of and now need to get rid of as soon as you identify it?
 
Brinkman said:
I have yet to meet someone who likes the ribbon of 07 & 11. They basically just made the icons so huge that they need tabs now. At least give us an option to have small icons again so everything can fit on the bar. I get they used it to organize but it's frustrating.
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I've liked it from the start. Much better than working my way through the stupid menus to find what I am after. It seems so natural to me, it is bizarre that it was ever different...
 
NebulaClash said:
This is off-topic, but your comment caught my eye. How does using the Net involve MS?

On topic, this is a good update for those who need compatibility. Getting VBA back is great. But for myself it's moot as I've been MS-free for half-a-decade.

So back to off-topic, what MS software am I using on the Net that I'm not aware of and now need to get rid of as soon as you identify it?
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SQL, ASP, Silverlight, Flip4Mac (uses wmv codecs), and all those websites being hosted on Microsoft Servers.
 
I've had the retail version for about 3 days now. I'm impressed by it.

No if only the new iWork could wing its way down...
 
I hope they will sell Outlook separately. I don't need Word and Excel but I would like something better than Mail.
 
Mattie Num Nums said:
SQL, ASP, Silverlight, Flip4Mac (uses wmv codecs), and all those websites being hosted on Microsoft Servers.
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The LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/Python/PHP) is far more popular than the equivalent Microsoft web combo - just check Netcraft's monthly survey sometime.

And you have to go hunting to find wmv audio and video on the web anymore.

On a broader note - none of the world's root DNS servers are running Windows IIRC.

You certainly run across Microsoft stuff as you traverse the web - but Microsoft could die completely off without the internet and/or the web being affected much.
 
That's good and all, but where the hell is some news on Messenger for Mac? It's always been added in the Office suite, so give us some news on it, tired of this unusable beta trash.
 
Mattie Num Nums said:
SQL, ASP, Silverlight, Flip4Mac (uses wmv codecs), and all those websites being hosted on Microsoft Servers.
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Thank you for the quick response. Hm..SQL is not Microsoft technology, so let's remove that from the list. I guess if I wind up at a Microsoft-powered server or a site that is ASP oriented, yeah, I'm using MS stuff.

I don't allow Silverlight on my machines. Don't use Flip4Mac. So I guess I'm about as MS-free as one can get.

I use Open Office or Neo Office for when I need to work with .doc or .docx files. For myself it's iWork and I love it. But I do understand the need to have Office for full compatibility. Open Office is good for 90% of that, but if you need 100% get the MS stuff.
 
probably gonna buy a copy of this when it comes out. i have iworks, but can't say that i like it or ever use it because of the poor cross document conversion i've witnessed since i first got it.

according to my old school's software store, the 2011 version will up for sale on oct 1st for $65.
 
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