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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseOctober 26, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-26)
Stable release
14.6.1 / February 3, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-03) [1]
Operating systemMac OS X
TypeOffice suite
LicenseCommercial proprietary software
Websitewww.microsoft.com/mac/ Edit this on Wikidata

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Mac OS X. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and is comparable to Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows. Office 2011 was followed by Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac released on September 22, 2015, requiring a Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor and OS X Yosemite or later.

New features

Microsoft Office 2011 includes more robust enterprise support and greater feature parity with the Windows edition. Its interface is now more similar to Office 2007 and 2010 for Windows, with the addition of the Ribbon. Support for Visual Basic for Applications macros has returned after having been dropped in Office 2008 ([2][3]). If you purchase the home premium version of Office for Mac you are not automatically allowed telephone support to query any problems with the VBA interface. There are however, apparently, according to Microsoft Helpdesk, some third party applications that can address problems with the VBA interface with Office for Mac.[citation needed] In addition, Office 2011 supports online collaboration tools such as OneDrive and Office Web Apps, allowing Mac and Windows users to simultaneously edit documents over the web. It also includes limited support for Apple's high-density Retina displays, allowing the display of sharp text and images, although most icons within applications themselves are not optimized for this.

A new version of Outlook, written using Mac OS X's Cocoa API, returns to the Mac for the first time since 2001 and has full support for Exchange 2007.[citation needed] It replaces Entourage, which was included in Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac.[4]

Limitations

Office for Mac 2011 has a number of limitations compared to Office 2010 for Windows. It does not support ActiveX controls,[5] or OpenDocument Format.[6][7] It also cannot handle attachments in Rich Text Format e-mail messages sent from Outlook for Windows, which are delivered as winmail.dat attachments.[citation needed] It also has several human language limitations, such as lack of support for right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew [8] and automatic language detection. [9]

Microsoft does not support CalDAV and CardDAV in Outlook, so there is no way to sync directly Outlook through iCloud. Outlook also does not allow the user to disable Cached Exchange Mode, unlike the Windows version, and it is therefore not possible to connect to an Exchange Server without downloading a local cache of mail and calendar data. [10]

Editions

Two editions are available to the general public. Home & Student provides Word, Excel and PowerPoint, while Home & Business adds Outlook and increased support.[11] Microsoft Messenger 8 is included with both editions, and Microsoft Communicator for Mac 2011, which communicates with Microsoft Lync Server, is available only to volume licensing customers.[12] Office 2011 requires an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher.[13]

Comparison of editions
Applications and services Home & Student Home & Business Academic Standard
Word Included Included Included Included
PowerPoint Included Included Included Included
Excel Included Included Included Included
Outlook Not included Included Included Included
Communicator or Lync Not included Not included Included Included
Office Web Apps Included Included Included Included
Remote Desktop Connection Not included Included Included Included
Information Rights Management Included Included Included Included
Windows SharePoint Services Support Not included Included Included Included
Technical support 90 days 1 year 90 days ?

The Home & Student edition is available in a single license for one computer and a family pack for three computers. The Home & Business edition is available in a single license for one computer and a multi-pack for two computers. The Standard edition is only available through Volume Licensing.[14] The Academic edition was created for higher education students, staff and faculty, and includes one installation.[15] Office for Mac is also available as part of Microsoft's Office 365 subscription programme.

Development

Microsoft announced Office 2011 in 2009.[16] There were 6 beta versions released:

  • Beta 1
  • Beta 2 (Version 14.0.0, Build 100326)
  • Beta 3 (Build 100519)—announced on May 25, 2010[17]
  • Beta 4 (Build 100526)
  • Beta 5 (Build 100709)
  • Beta 6 (Build 100802)

Access to beta versions was by invitation only,[18] although leaked copies were circulated among Mac file sharing websites.[19]

The final version was released to manufacturing on September 10, 2010,[20] was available to volume license customers a day later,[21] and made available to the general public on October 26, 2010.[22] Service Pack 1 was released on April 12, 2011.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51174
  2. ^ Keizer, Gregg (2008-05-14). "Microsoft will bring back macros to Mac Office in 2011". Computerworld. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  3. ^ Seff, Jonathan (2008-05-13). "Microsoft to bring back Visual Basic in Office for Mac". Macworld. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  4. ^ Miller, Dan (2010-02-11). "Microsoft Announces Office for Mac 2011". Macworld. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  5. ^ "Known issues in Excel 2011". Microsoft. September 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  6. ^ answer from Michel Bintener Microsoft MVP (Macintosh), Discusion in the forum of user of Microsoft Office:Mac Template:WebCite
  7. ^ Office 2011: Mac-Version mit Outlook, aber ohne Opendocument, in German. Template:WebCite
  8. ^ Morgenstern, David. "Microsoft boosts languages, proofing tools in Office 2011 for Mac, Unicode right-to-left support missing". The Apple Core. ZDNet. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  9. ^ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macword/how-can-i-set-word-2011-to-detect-different/ea5f2561-1ef5-4762-93a7-298c52579ab8
  10. ^ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macoutlook/is-there-any-way-to-disable-cached-exchange-mode/fe6b090e-fdd6-4666-8e54-db9e5348428e?msgId=f34acd1e-22e3-426d-872e-bccae2821420
  11. ^ "Office for Mac 2011—Compare". Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  12. ^ "Announcing Communicator for Mac". Office for Mac Blog. Microsoft. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  13. ^ "Office System Requirements". Microsoft Office for Mac. Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  14. ^ Michaels, Philip (2010-08-02). "Microsoft sets pricing, October release for Office 2011". Macworld. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  15. ^ "Office for Mac 2011 Hitting Store Shelves This October". Microsoft Office Press. Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  16. ^ Snell, Jason (2009-08-13). "Microsoft: Next Mac Office due late 2010 with Outlook". Macworld. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  17. ^ McLean, Prince (2010-05-25). "Microsoft's Office 2011 beta 3 for Mac gets new icons". AppleInsider. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  18. ^ Sams, Brad (2010-07-25). "Office 2011 for Mac beta invites sent out". Neowin.net. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  19. ^ Paliath, Paul. "Beta 2 of Microsoft Office 2011 leaked". GeekSmack. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  20. ^ "Office for Mac 2011 hits RTM". Office for Mac Blog. Microsoft. 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  21. ^ Weintraub, Seth (2010-09-21). "Office for Mac hits Microsoft volume licensing servers". 9to5 Mac. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  22. ^ Mac Mojo Team (2010-09-28). "Office for Mac 2011 in the Store This October". Office for Mac Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  23. ^ "Microsoft Office for Mac Downloads and Updates". Office For Mac. Microsoft. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
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