Microsoft Launches Office 2011 For Mac

Productivity suite for Mac includes Outlook for first time, in addition to collaboration and social networking tools.

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Microsoft Office 2011 For The Mac
Microsoft Office 2011 for the Mac became available through retailers Tuesday, bringing to users of Apple computers the same cloud-based services that have been available on Windows PCs for five months.
The latest Mac version of Microsofts productivity suite also includes Outlook for the first time, giving Apple customers more for their money. The suite is available in 13 languages and will be available at retailers in 45 countries by November.
With Office 2011, Mac users will get the same collaboration and social networking tools that shipped
with Office 2010
for Windows in May. The new Mac version offers a direct connection to Office Web Apps, which is Microsofts cloud-based version of the desktop suite.
From Web Apps, users, whether on a Mac or PC, can store and access desktop-created documents from any location with an Internet connection. Web Apps also provides co-authoring tools for people to work on Word documents or PowerPoint presentations together, provided they are using either Office 2010 or 2011. All work on documents stored in Web Apps can be conducted through a browser.
Another major new feature is the addition of Outlook, which is Microsofts email client, contact manager and calendar utility. In the Mac version of Office, Outlook replaces the Entourage component that was used in previous versions of the suite.
Among the Outlook features Apple customers might find useful is the Conversation view that groups all messages on one topic, a capability similar to the Organize By Thread option in Apples Mail client.
In addition, the Outlook database is expected to work better with Apples Time Machine backup software in the Mac. With Entourage, Time Machine would backup the softwares entire database, even when only a few messages were added. With Outlook, Time Machine will be able to do incremental backups.
The new Office suite also includes Excel and hooks to Microsoft SharePoint, if needed. The latter is a family of software products for collaboration, file sharing and Web publishing from a companys behind-the-firewall server. Other additions include compatibility with more file formats, which means documents printed from a PC or Mac will come out the same.
Roughly three quarters of Mac owners use Office, making it one of the most popular third-party software on Apple machines. Mac users need Office because it helps them work with the Windows world, Eric Wilfrid, general manager of Microsofts Office for Mac team, said in a statement.
Office for Mac 2011 comes in two editions. Microsofts suggested retail price for the home and student version, which does not include Outlook, and the home and business edition, which does, is $150 and $280, respectively.
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