The Mac Ribbon is now nearly identical to its Windows cousin, with a customizable Quick Launch toolbar above it. That shouldn't be a surprise Microsoft's record on "round trip" document capability has been excellent since the switch to XML-based formats in 2007, across desktop, mobile, and web-based apps. I haven't had a chance to do extensive compatibility testing, but so far every Office document I've opened has displayed perfectly. Instead, the entire experience feels familiar and. I haven't run screaming from this version of Office-far from it. I've spent the past few months using the preview release of Office 2016 for Mac and have had the final build for the past few days. According to Microsoft, roughly 75 percent of the Office for Mac customer base is made up of cross-platform users, typically with a Windows PC at work and a Mac at home. If you fit in that category, you have plenty of company. I don't expect to hear many complaints from Mac users about Office 2016 for Mac, especially if they've already adapted to the iPad version, which has many similarities with the new Mac release.īut the real beneficiaries of the all-new design are people who switch between Macs and PCs regularly. More importantly, it's left the quirkiness of the old Office for Mac behind. This version is a complete rewrite, with the Office for Mac team moving from its legacy (Carbon) codebase to the more modern Cocoa framework. This version of Office for the Mac is arguably an improvement over its Windows counterpart, at least in some measures. With Office 2016 for Mac, available for Office 365 customers today, Microsoft has finally turned the tables. Over the years, I have tried to switch to a Mac, and every time, the experiment has ended poorly, usually in a matter of days, with me giving up on Office 2011 and moving back to the familiar (and far superior) Office 2013 on Windows. I know dozens of professionals who use Office 2011 on the Mac, and I rarely hear anything good about it. Its mishmash of toolbars and menus and ribbons is a usability nightmare. Office 2011, the release that most Mac owners are running today, is based on a five-year-old design. How to install Windows 11 on your 'incompatible' PC.Remote working has changed the rules of the workplace, so watch out.American Airlines just showed the door to customers who aren't rich.How to supercharge your iPhone with hidden voice commands.Ukrainian developers share stories from the war zone Linux distros for beginners: You can do this!
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