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The editors liked
Finally on par with Office for Windows
Fast
Great online/offline Template Gallery
Ribbon is well integrated
Improved user interface
Multiple people can edit a document in real time
Enhanced Excel and PowerPoint features
Easier to add videos and photos
Drastically improved mail client
Flexible office application suite. Most powerful Mac office software. Highly compatible with Office for Windows. Well-integrated with OS X. Visual Basic for Applications recorded and programmed macros fully supported. Newly-designed Outlook replaces Entourage as mail/calendar/contact app.
New online collaboration tools. Ribbon changes up the toolbar based on what you’re doing. Snappier performance.
The editors didn't like
No upgrade pricing
No realtime font previews when hovering
Some features require Windows Live ID
Doesn't overwrite previously installed versions of Office
No calendar synching with iCal. Outlook won't synch with or retrieve mail from Exchange Server 2003 or earlier.
Outlook not included in $119 Home and Student Edition or the corresponding $149 Family Pack.
Improved user interface, Multiple people can edit a document in real time, Enhanced Excel and PowerPoint features, Easier to add videos and photos, Drastically improved mail client
Some features require Windows Live ID, Doesn't overwrite previously installed versions of Office
Microsoft's new suite packs in more features than iWork, a much improved interface, and the best version of Outlook yet for Macs.
Fast, flexible office application suite. Most powerful Mac office software. Highly compatible with Office for Windows. Well-integrated with OS X. Visual Basic for Applications recorded and programmed macros fully supported. Newly-designed Outlook replaces Entourage as mail/calendar/contact app.
No calendar synching with iCal. Outlook won't synch with or retrieve mail from Exchange Server 2003 or earlier.
Office for the Mac roars back with fast, powerful application suite the best of its kind for the OS X platform. Buy it now...
Abstract: Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint were invented on the Mac platform twenty-five years ago. Over the decades, the software was combined into a suite, experimented with a variety of user interfaces, has been overhauled several times, and...
Abstract: Office for the Mac 2011, more than three years in the making, jettisons tons of old classic code, revises the inner workings of the Office system and pretty much unifies Mac and PC interface elements. The result is a leaner, faster and more dynamic sui...
Improved compatibility with Windows version; macros are back; fullscreen view in Word is nice; can embed videos in PowerPoint; Outlook is far better than Entourage; interface is improved; faster overall; lots of other improvements
Price difference between ‘Home and Student' and ‘Home and Business' is difficult to justify; Outlook does not sync with iCal, From $169
If you’re running Office 2004, there’s no reason not to upgrade. You get a massively improved interface, and everything that was missing from Office 2008 is back. If you are running 2008, then there’s plenty to gain in the new version too, but it depen...
Microsoft made a big leap with this latest version for the Mac — not only has it nearly reached feature parity with the Mac counterparts to Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but it has finally added Outlook, the email and scheduling client Mac business fans ...
Useful Ribbon interface, Better search and sharing, Elegant Full Screen view, Built-in equation editor, New, cleaner interface, Macro support is back via VBA, Online editing with Excel Web, Built-in document sharing, Better formatting support, Even mor...
Pricey, No upgrade pricing, Irritating characteristics, No word count in Full Screen, Unnecessary niggles remain, Not everyone loves the Ribbon, May feel unfamiliar at first, Still no font embedding, Occasional Outlook bugs, Conversation view isn't great
None of the improvements in Office 2011 for Mac are revolutionary, but they are nonetheless useful and together make Office 2011 the best Mac office suite yet. It's not perfect though – there are still features found in Office 2010 for Windows that are...
New Mac version of Outlook; the return of VBA; new co-authoring features; many new features for individual apps
Windows-like interface will annoy some Mac users; no email program in the Home and Student edition
A little less Mac-like than previous versions, but Office 2011 compensates for this with improved cross-platform compatibility and collaboration features for business users. ...
If you're just typing up the occasional letter to a relative, managing your personal finances or performing similarly basic tasks, you could easily make do with iWork, or possibly even a free alternative, such as Google Docs. But when you need more power,...
