Mar 05, 2015 Today’s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office 365 Client Apps and Services team. Today is a big day for the Mac community–we’re excited to announce that a preview of the new Office 2016 for Mac is now officially available! Yes, you can install and use Office 2016 for Mac and Office for Mac 2011 at the same time. However, we recommend that you uninstall Office for Mac 2011 before you install the new version just to prevent any confusion. To uninstall Office for Mac 2011, follow the steps in Uninstall Office 2011 for Mac. How do I pin the Office app icons to the dock? Microsoft announced a preview version of Office 2016 for Mac on Thursday.The release is the first major update to Office for Mac suite since Office for Mac 2011. The new suite is available for download by all Mac users running OS X Yosemite, and will be free to use during the preview period.
Microsoft has announced today that the Office 2016 Mac Preview is now open to everyone and if you want to try out the new bits, hit the source link at the bottom of this post. This is the first large update for Office on OS X in many years as the last major release was in 2011.
This release of Office comes with updated versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. As soon as you open the apps, you will notice that the UI has been refined, there is a new task pane and a bunch of other tweaks to modernize the platform. And being on a Mac, the app suite does support the Retina display too.
2020-3-26 Following a successful beta trial period that began in March, the final version of Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac is now available for download to the general public. After taking into account invaluable feedback from the Office community, Microsoft has made significant changes to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote apps in order to release the latest versions into 139 countries in 16. Jun 23, 2015 The Office 2016 for Mac Preview - June 23, 2015 update provides bug fixes for the Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
If you want to see all of the features that are new, you can check out the feature page here.
Microsoft Office 2016 For Mac
May 12, 2015 The Office 2016 for Mac Preview - May 12, 2015 Update provides bug fixes and feature improvements for the Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac suite.
As with all other previews, Microsoft is letting consumers download and try out the new productivity suite today free of charge. The company is looking for feedback as well; you can send feedback from inside the app with the smiley face in the top right corner of each app.
It's important to point out that Office 2016 for Mac Preview is supported only on the latest version of Mac OS X: Yosemite (10.10). Also, if you currently have Office 2011 installed, these apps can be used alongside the older Office apps.
The download weighs in at over 2.5GB and takes up roughly 6GB of space once installed; plan accordingly if you don't have much free space on your machine. And as always with preview software, there could be bugs, features that are broken and the like, so make sure you take this into consideration before using the tools in a production environment.
Office 2016 For Mac Updates
Download: Office Preview 2016 for Mac