Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac is now available. For the first time, Office for Mac includes Outlook for Mac, as well as the usual products: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Messenger.
There a few different price options for the program. Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student versions with one license costs $119.99, and the same version with three licenses is $149.99. Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business is $199.99 for one license and $279.99 for two. Users can purchase PowerPoint, Word, and Excel in separate packages for $139.99 each.
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“Office 2011 continues our team’s mission to connect Mac users to their counterparts who use Windows,” Eric Wilfrid, general manager of Office for Mac said in a blog post. “Office enables users across platforms to work anywhere, anytime – to build their ideas into reality.”
Microsoft allows users to access their documents anywhere through the integration of cloud-based applications including Windows Live SkyDrive, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Office Web Apps.
Wilfrid said these features are “giving users more flexibility and control to work when and where they want. Office Web Apps lets users work in any browser from any location with internet connectivity while making sure your document stays the way it was created when it’s viewed on either a PC or a Mac.”
This also allows multiple people to access and collaborate on projects through co-authoring tools.
The updated suite includes photo editing within documents. Organizing a PowerPoint presentation has been streamlined through Dynamic reorder, a feature that renders a 3D view of the presentation that allows the creator to drag elements where they please.
According to Wilfrid, Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac is faster.
“You’ll notice the improved launch speeds and other performance enhancements as your accomplish your tasks,” he said.
On Monday, Microsoft released Windows Live Messenger for Mac 8 from beta. This program is available as part of Office for Mac 2011 or as a standalone download.
For more details, read PCMag’s full reviewof Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac.