Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 applications shown on Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer: Microsoft Initial release: October 26, 2010 Stable Release: June 14, 2011
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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 versin 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.Support for Visual Basic for Applications macros
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 versin 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.Support for Visual Basic for Applications macros
returned after having been dropped in Office 2008.
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, or right-to-left
languages such as Arabic, Persian and Hebrew. It also cannot handle attachments
in Rich Text Format e-mail messages sent from Outlook for Windows, which are delivered as
winmail.dat attachments.
Two editions are available to the general
public.Home & Student provides Word,
Excel and PowerPoint, while Home &
Business adds Outlook and increased
support.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.
Office 2011
requires an Intel Mac running Mac
OS X 10.5.8 or higher.
| 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 |
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. The Academic edition was created for higher education students, staff and faculty, and includes one installation.
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
- Beta 4 (Build 100526)
- Beta 5 (Build 100709)
- Beta 6 (Build 100802)
Access to beta versions were by invitation only,
although leaked copies were circulated among Mac
file sharing websites.The final version was released
to manufacturing on September 10, 2010, was a
vailable to volume license customers a day later, and
made available to the general public on October 26, 2010.
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