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It took five years from Office 2011s release to get this latest Mac office suite, but it was well worth the wait.

Almost everything is improved, with a bright, spacious interface, yet the learning curve is almost flat.

Thats because all of the suites essential features work as they always did, though with added options and conveniences.

Theres nothing so startlingly new that it will get in the way of being productive.

In August 2016, Microsoft released an automatic update that replaced the old 32-bit code of Office for the Mac with 64-bit code.

The 64-bit version starts up faster, but otherwise it looks and acts like the earlier code, which was already an Editors Choice for office suites.

Excel 2016 Guide Download Office 2016

Office 365 ( at Amazon) subscribers can download Office 2016 for as little as 6.99 per month for one license, or 69.99 per year.

If you prefer the traditional buy-once-use-forever model, Office Home and Business will run you 229.99 for one license.

A stripped-down Office Home and Student is also available for a 149.99 one-time fee.

If you cant afford even the 6.99 per month, you might try the free LibreOffice, but youll be sacrificing some polish and capabilities by doing so.

The ribbon interface is redesigned, with the same flat look as the Windows version and the Office mobile apps.

The Mac version features a modern task-pane interface for selecting text styles, building formulas, and similar features.

Long-term Windows users will rejoice that Windows key assignments, such as Ctrl-O for Open and Ctrl-F for Find, now also work in the Mac version.

Word and PowerPoint allow simultaneous editing by multiple users.

It would be nice to have built-in iCloud integration, but I doubt its going to happen any time soon.

Microsoft updated Outlook and OneNote prior to this release, so the latest versions of these two components are only a minor, though welcome, upgrade.

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are all faster, easier to use, and more elegant.

Most features are almost identical those of the Windows versions, but not all.

For example, the Mac version cant import PDF files and create editable Office documents from the contents, but the Windows version can.

However, PowerPoint for the Mac continues to outclass the Windows version in its Reorder Objects feature.

On the Mac, you reorder objects by dragging them forward or back in an animated three-dimensional view, while in Windows you drag objects up and down in a less convenient list format.

For example, the Publishing Layout option in Word that made Word act more like a page-layout app rather than a word processor is gone, as is the ability to rearrange the tab order on the Ribbon.

Likewise, Numbers (Free at Apple.com) trails Excel when it comes to advanced scientific and technical work.

Keynote (Free at Apple.com), on the other hand, is better than PowerPoint in many ways.

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