Thursday at MacWorld in New York, Microsoft previewed the next Macintosh version of Office. Still without an official name, Office 10 for Mac OS X is expected to be released shortly after Apple's 10.1 update to the operating system this fall. Unlike its predecessor, Office 10 is being developed exclusively for Mac OS X. Kevin Browne of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit said the 'trade-offs weren't worth it' to develop the suite for both OS X and OS 9.
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Office 2001 will remain available for people still running Mac OS 8 and 9, but Microsoft will be releasing only bug fixes (not updates) for that version. Office 2001 Key Gen Mac. For Office for Mac, you can have up to 25 licenses associated with the same Microsoft account: only one license for an Office 365 subscription and multiple one-time-use installs of Office for Mac Home and Student or Home and Business.
Office 10 capitalizes on many advantages offered by Mac OS X. The interface has been updated to match Apple's Aqua, using features such as panels and dialog boxes attached to document windows. OS X's protected memory and multi-tasking provide Office with increased
performance, while the Quartz graphics engine offers enhanced tools for creating graphic-rich documents.
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There are relatively few new features in the update, however. Excel gains the AutoRecovery utility found in Word and PowerPoint 2001, which allows for automatic recovery of documents after a crash. A feature dubbed 'Multiselect' was also added to Word, allowing multiple separate sections of a document to be selected.
Microsoft already plans to promote .NET services on OS X, touting a less expensive .NET version of Office 10. A standalone release will still be available, but at full price. The company notes these plans may change, and has yet to detail pricing specifics.
Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Office 2001 for Mac: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) at Amazon.com. PDF Download Office 2001 for Mac The Complete Reference Complete Reference Series Download Online. Browse more videos. Office for Mac 2011, however, switched to a single activation code and to an install-based licensing plan, effectively halving the number of Macs on which a customer can install the program.
Microsoft Releases Office v. X For Mac OS X, Hits Store Shelves Today
by Staff, 4:00 PM EST, November 19th, 2001
Microsoft has released Office for Mac OS X, and it has officially hit store shelves today. Dubbed Office v. X, the market dominating productivity suite has arrived in its final form for Apple's new OS. Microsoft is offering a 'Technology Guarantee' to those who purchase Office 2001, or its component parts, that allows them to get the OS X version of the suite for free. From Microsoft:
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft® Office v. X for Mac, the most popular suite of productivity applications on the Macintosh platform, is now available in retail stores across the United States to run on Apple Computer Inc.'s new operating system, Mac OS X version 10.1. Fully compatible with Office for Mac and Office for Windows®, Office v. X combines the power of word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, e-mail and personal information manager (PIM) programs with the stability and reliability of Mac OS X.
The suite has been specifically designed to take advantage of core Mac OS X technologies, including the Aqua interface, Sheets and the Quartz graphics engine, to deliver graphically compelling documents and the ease of use unique to the Mac platform. New feature enhancements also have been made to Entourage™ X, e-mail and the PIM, as well as to Word X, Excel X and the PowerPoint® X presentation graphics program.
'Microsoft has created the new benchmark Mac OS X application -- Office v. X -- and Mac users are going to be thrilled with it,' said Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc. 'Now users of Mac OS X can seamlessly exchange documents with users running Office on Windows.'
Mac OS X Technologies in Office v. X
Each of the applications in Office v. X includes a bold and classy new Aqua appearance that fits beautifully with the Mac OS X user interface. All the components of the Office v. X user interface -- from dialog boxes to toolbar icons -- have been Aquafied, offering a smoother and cleaner appearance as well as enhanced discoverability.
Office 10 capitalizes on many advantages offered by Mac OS X. The interface has been updated to match Apple's Aqua, using features such as panels and dialog boxes attached to document windows. OS X's protected memory and multi-tasking provide Office with increased
performance, while the Quartz graphics engine offers enhanced tools for creating graphic-rich documents.
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There are relatively few new features in the update, however. Excel gains the AutoRecovery utility found in Word and PowerPoint 2001, which allows for automatic recovery of documents after a crash. A feature dubbed 'Multiselect' was also added to Word, allowing multiple separate sections of a document to be selected.
Microsoft already plans to promote .NET services on OS X, touting a less expensive .NET version of Office 10. A standalone release will still be available, but at full price. The company notes these plans may change, and has yet to detail pricing specifics.
Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Office 2001 for Mac: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) at Amazon.com. PDF Download Office 2001 for Mac The Complete Reference Complete Reference Series Download Online. Browse more videos. Office for Mac 2011, however, switched to a single activation code and to an install-based licensing plan, effectively halving the number of Macs on which a customer can install the program.
Microsoft Releases Office v. X For Mac OS X, Hits Store Shelves Today
by Staff, 4:00 PM EST, November 19th, 2001
Microsoft has released Office for Mac OS X, and it has officially hit store shelves today. Dubbed Office v. X, the market dominating productivity suite has arrived in its final form for Apple's new OS. Microsoft is offering a 'Technology Guarantee' to those who purchase Office 2001, or its component parts, that allows them to get the OS X version of the suite for free. From Microsoft:
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft® Office v. X for Mac, the most popular suite of productivity applications on the Macintosh platform, is now available in retail stores across the United States to run on Apple Computer Inc.'s new operating system, Mac OS X version 10.1. Fully compatible with Office for Mac and Office for Windows®, Office v. X combines the power of word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, e-mail and personal information manager (PIM) programs with the stability and reliability of Mac OS X.
The suite has been specifically designed to take advantage of core Mac OS X technologies, including the Aqua interface, Sheets and the Quartz graphics engine, to deliver graphically compelling documents and the ease of use unique to the Mac platform. New feature enhancements also have been made to Entourage™ X, e-mail and the PIM, as well as to Word X, Excel X and the PowerPoint® X presentation graphics program.
'Microsoft has created the new benchmark Mac OS X application -- Office v. X -- and Mac users are going to be thrilled with it,' said Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc. 'Now users of Mac OS X can seamlessly exchange documents with users running Office on Windows.'
Mac OS X Technologies in Office v. X
Each of the applications in Office v. X includes a bold and classy new Aqua appearance that fits beautifully with the Mac OS X user interface. All the components of the Office v. X user interface -- from dialog boxes to toolbar icons -- have been Aquafied, offering a smoother and cleaner appearance as well as enhanced discoverability.
Sheets have replaced select dialog boxes and alerts in Office v. X, enabling users to multitask within or between applications. When a user clicks to save a Word document, for instance, a Sheet appears in place of a dialog box. The user can choose to open a different Word document or continue working in another application, without having to complete the save first.
Quartz graphics technology in Office v. X makes it easy to create graphically rich and compelling documents that look truly professional. It allows users to add anti-aliased lines and shapes to give documents a smooth and finished appearance. Quartz also enables true transparency, so shapes, objects and pictures can be layered to reveal items behind them.
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New and Improved Features in Office v. X
In addition to Mac OS X technologies built into Office v. X, the suite delivers features that enable users to complete projects faster and more easily than ever before. As the cornerstone of Office v. X, Entourage X boasts a refined, easier-to-use interface, improved support for Internet standards, and several new features to help users manage e-mail and personal information. Other new features in Office v. X include Multi-Selection and Clear Formatting in Word X, AutoRecover and Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts in Excel X, PowerPoint Packages in PowerPoint X, and many more improvements.
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Pricing
Office v. X will be available as an upgrade version for an estimated retail price (ERP) of $299 (U.S.) and as a standard version for $499 ERP.* Between now and Dec. 31, Microsoft is offering a Technology Guarantee to customers who have acquired Office 2001 for Mac or an individual application such as Word 2001 for Mac. The Technology Guarantee makes these customers eligible for a free copy of Office v. X for Mac. For details and to download the coupon for the Technology Guarantee, customers can visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ or their nearest reseller.
Microsoft's wording is a bit misleading in the press release. Though it implies that anyone who has 'acquired' Office (or one of the individual apps) at any time are eligible for the Technology Guarantee. The information page for the Technology Guarantee specifically states that you need to purchase Office 2001 (or one of the individual apps) between October 24th and December 31st of 2001 in order to qualify for the free v. X version of the software. We confirmed that with a Microsoft spokesperson, and you do have to purchase Office 2001 between October 24th and December 31st, 2001 in order to qualify.
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You can find more information on Office v. X at Microsoft's Web site.
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The Mac Observer Spin:
The Technology Guarantee is a handy way of getting versions of Office for both your Classic and OS X environments, and is a good offer from Microsoft. We would have been happier to see the offer grandfathered a bit further back, say six months, but that's just us. In any event, this is a very important release for Mac OS X, and is already getting Apple (and the Mac platform) some favorable press.