![]() ![]() There are also additional collaborative features, including threaded comments for Word documents. Opening a OneDrive folder shows files stored in your own OneDrive account but also shows OneDrive folders and files shared with you by other users. One feature that Mac users get ahead of their Windows counterparts is visible in the above screen. OneDrive and OneDrive for Business locations are at the top of this list, although you can still override cloud storage and save files locally using the On My Mac shortcut. ![]() To open or save a file, you'll use the Mac version of Backstage view. Unsurprisingly, the new Office for Macs continues Microsoft's relentless push toward the cloud. Overall, it's an enormous improvement over the kludgey mess of buttons and menus in Office 2011. In addition, the experience of creating a chart in Excel is nearly identical in Office 2016 on the Mac as it is in Office 2013 for Windows. That means task panes for common formatting tasks, like this list of Styles in Word. If you've used Office 2013 on a Windows PC, the experience of switching to the new Mac version will feel very familiar, Microsoft is trying with this release to unify the interface across multiple platforms. Compare the clean new look (top) with the old, messy Office 2011 design. The revised design closely resembles Office 2013 for Windows, with Save, Open, Undo, and Redo buttons alongside the window controls in the title bar all other commands are clustered in a single ribbon that can be collapsed for a clutter-free experience. In Office for Mac 2011, the mix of toolbars, menus, and ribbons is downright ugly. ![]() On my Mac, the new apps run side by side with Office for Mac 2011, making it easy to compare old and new.įor Mac users, the new user interface is a radical (and long-overdue) refresh of the classic Office look and feel. The preview consists of three new apps - Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - plus updates to the Outlook and OneNote apps that were already available as previews. (My colleague Mary Jo Foley has the details about the public preview, including download links.) I've had a few days to try out the new Office apps ahead of their public release. Microsoft has released the first public preview of Office 2016 for Mac, its updated Office suite for Mac OS 10.10 users, which is due out this summer. Microsoft delivers first public preview of Office 2016 for Mac Ukrainian developers share stories from the war zone Linux distros for beginners: You can do this! Got questions about crypto? Ask the Coachįor Mom: The best flower delivery services How ransomware attacks threaten our food supply ![]()
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