Microsoft Office for Mac 2011

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 applications shown on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	October 26, 2010 (2010-10-26)
Stable release	14.1.3.110805 / September 13, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-09-13)
Written in	Cocoa
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	Office suite
License	Proprietary EULA
Website	http://www.microsoft.com/mac

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is the most recent 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.

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. 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.^[1] Support for Visual Basic for Applications macros returned after having been dropped in Office 2008.^[2][3]

In addition, Office 2011 supports online collaboration tools such as Windows Live SkyDrive and Office Web Apps, allowing Mac and Windows users to simultaneously edit documents over the web.

Office for Mac 2011 has a number of limitations compared to Office 2010 for Windows. It does not support ActiveX controls,^[4] OpenDocument Format^[5][6], or right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Persian and Hebrew.^[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]}

Two editions are available to the general public. Home & Student provides Word, Excel and PowerPoint, while Home & Business adds Outlook and increased support.^[8] 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.^[9] Office 2011 requires an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher.^[10]

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	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Office Web Apps	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Remote Desktop Connection	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Information Rights Management	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Windows Share Point Services Support	Not included	Not 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.^[11] The Academic edition was created for higher education students, staff and faculty, and includes one installation.^[12]

Development

Microsoft announced Office 2011 in 2009.^[13] 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^[14]
• Beta 4 (Build 100526)
• Beta 5 (Build 100709)
• Beta 6 (Build 100802)

Access to beta versions were by invitation only,^[15] although leaked copies were circulated among Mac file sharing websites.^[16]

The final version was released to manufacturing on September 10, 2010,^[17] was available to volume license customers a day later,^[18] and made available to the general public on October 26, 2010.^[19] Service Pack 1 was released on April 12, 2011.^[20]

References

1. ^ Miller, Dan (2010-02-11). "Microsoft Announces Office for Mac 2011". Macworld. http://www.macworld.com/article/146295/2010/02/office2011announced.html. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
2. ^ Keizer, Gregg (2008-05-14). "Microsoft will bring back macros to Mac Office in 2011". Computerworld. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9085678/Microsoft_will_bring_back_macros_to_Mac_Office_in_2011. Retrieved 2010-04-21. 
3. ^ Seff, Jonathan (2008-05-13). "Microsoft to bring back Visual Basic in Office for Mac". Macworld. http://www.macworld.com/article/133393/2008/05/vba.html. Retrieved 2010-04-21. 
4. ^ "Known issues in Excel 2011". Microsoft. September 2010. http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/excel/item/4ba243ae-1afa-4283-ba6a-d2a020dcc07a?category=29b6bd0c-76a8-4209-97a1-837d57b59c0b. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
5. ^ answer from Michel Bintener Microsoft MVP (Macintosh), Discusion in the forum of user of Microsoft Office:Mac Archived 12 February 2011 at WebCite
6. ^ Office 2011: Mac-Version mit Outlook, aber ohne Opendocument, in German. Archived 12 February 2011 at WebCite
7. ^ Morgenstern, David. "Microsoft boosts languages, proofing tools in Office 2011 for Mac, Unicode right-to-left support missing". The Apple Core (ZDNet). http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/microsoft-boosts-languages-proofing-tools-in-office-2011-for-mac-unicode-right-to-left-support-missing/7876. Retrieved 2010-11-17. 
8. ^ "Office for Mac 2011—Compare". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/compare. Retrieved 2010-10-27. 
9. ^ "Announcing Communicator for Mac". Office for Mac Blog. Microsoft. 2010-09-24. http://blog.officeformac.com/announcing-communicator-for-mac/. Retrieved 2010-11-04. 
10. ^ "Office System Requirements". Microsoft Office for Mac. Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/system-requirements/. Retrieved 2010-11-05. 
11. ^ Michaels, Philip (2010-08-02). "Microsoft sets pricing, October release for Office 2011". Macworld. http://www.macworld.com/article/153084/2010/08/office2011_prices.html. Retrieved 2010-11-07. 
12. ^ "Office for Mac 2011 Hitting Store Shelves This October". Microsoft Office Press (Microsoft). http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/aug10/08-02msmacofficepr.mspx. Retrieved 2010-11-19. 
13. ^ Snell, Jason (2009-08-13). "Microsoft: Next Mac Office due late 2010 with Outlook". Macworld. http://www.macworld.com/article/142266/2009/08/office_2010_outlook.html. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
14. ^ McLean, Prince (2010-05-25). "Microsoft's Office 2011 beta 3 for Mac gets new icons". AppleInsider. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/25/microsofts_office_2011_beta_3_for_mac_gets_new_icons.html. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
15. ^ Sams, Brad (2010-07-25). "Office 2011 for Mac beta invites sent out". Neowin.net. http://www.neowin.net/news/office-2011-beta-invites-sent-out. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
16. ^ Paliath, Paul. "Beta 2 of Microsoft Office 2011 leaked". GeekSmack. http://geeksmack.net/microsoft/1249-microsoft-office-for-mac-2011-beta-2-screenshots-surface-leak-imminent. Retrieved 2010-04-14. 
17. ^ "Office for Mac 2011 hits RTM". Office for Mac Blog. Microsoft. 2010-09-10. http://blog.officeformac.com/office-for-mac-2011-hits-rtm/. Retrieved 2010-11-04. 
18. ^ Weintraub, Seth (2010-09-21). "Office for Mac hits Microsoft volume licensing servers". 9to5 Mac. http://www.9to5mac.com/27543/office-2011-for-mac-hits-volume-licensing-servers. Retrieved 2010-09-27. 
19. ^ Mac Mojo Team (2010-09-28). "Office for Mac 2011 in the Store This October". Office for Mac Blog. Microsoft. http://blog.officeformac.com/office-for-mac-2011-available-october-26/. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
20. ^ "Microsoft Office for Mac Downloads and Updates". Office For Mac (Microsoft). http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads?pid=Mactopia_Office2011&fid=EF1E612F-D8E3-4628-9FE4-AD136F0DEBD3. Retrieved 2011-09-16.