Your Mac needs 1.5GB of free hard disk space, requiring at least OS 10.4.9 with 512BM of RAM memory and a 500MHz Intel or PowerPC processor. But surely the documents edited on the new Office suite will be smaller and more secure than the previous editors. Although Microsoft has released many free conversion software, we can still see that Office 2007 has had more complicated procedures. This means that from now on you should store the work in Open XML format, if you use the old version of the software, you will not be able to open the file. However, free file conversion tools will not be valid after 10 weeks or 8 weeks after the applications have been archived. You don't have to worry about these default options, you can even save work with older file formats like DOC, XLS and PPT.
Office for Mac saves files in the same Open XML format used by Office 2007 on Windows. It is very convenient if you trust Entourage but do not want to always activate it. The new My Day tool for Entourage to manage icons on Mac screens, widgets, calendar display items and to-do lists.
There are also significant changes, now you can save PDF files, and Automator activities are also supported. For example, Mac's Office features also have templates and Smart Art graphics like Windows components, including 3D and other designs. Most changes focus on every effort to help users create more compelling documents. The 2007 applications for Windows rearrange functions within tabs, while the Mac 2008 software still largely puts functions inside drop-down menus such as File, Edit and View. This is good news for users who don't want to get used to the location of the function. Unlike Microsoft Office 2007, the new version for this Mac is basically different from the 2004 version. There is no Microsoft Access database application on Mac, in return FileMaker is being introduced to Mac users by Bento as a new option. Office for Mac suite includes Word, Excel for tables, PowerPoint presentations and Entourage for email and time management. Microsoft tested beta versions of new applications last month without any problems. Perhaps we’ll be seeing some major improvements in Get & Transform in Excel for Mac.After a series of delays, Microsoft plans to release Office 2008 for Mac to officially announce on January 15, this is the first upgrade in the last 4 years. The mention of Get & Transform/PowerQuery is interesting because the current data link support in Excel for Mac is very poor compared to Excel for Windows.
Microsoft itself notes there many be cases where you’re asked by the macOS how to handle a software component. Presumably, a Teams Universal app is on the way. The current Teams app hasn’t been updated to Universal.įor the moment, Teams users on M1 Macs will need Rosetta 2 to run the app.
What’s missing from this update is Microsoft Teams. Under ‘Kind’ look for the magic word ‘Universal’. If you want to check, go to any Office app in the Applications folder. Office for Mac version 16.44 or later is the Universal software package. Run Microsoft AutoUpdate from any Office app (Help | Check for Updates). The Office installer figures out what type of Mac hardware (Intel or Apple Silicon) is available and sets up the matching software.
Users don’t have to choose anything because the same install or update process continues. Single downloadĪ single download/install works for both Intel based Macs and Apple M1 machines. Microsoft says the Universal apps “will run faster and take full advantage of the performance improvements on new Macs.”. Office Universal apps should use less power (i.e better battery life) on M1 devices, compared to Intel based Macs. It’s good news for M1 Macbook users, it means their Microsoft 365 or Office 2019 software should run faster … perhaps even noticeably faster than before. In-depth help and money saving tips for everyone with an iPhone, iPad or Mac computer. Sign up for the free Office Watch for Apple newsletter. Apple calls these ‘two in one’ releases ‘Universal’ software. Now Microsoft has updated Office for Mac so it runs faster on M1 Macs as well as the large base on Intel Mac’s. As we’ve explained, Microsoft 365/2019 for Mac can run on M1 chips however the existing Office for Mac software ran more slowly. There are a few ‘gotchas’ but support for Apple Silicon is almost complete.Īpple is moving away from Intel chips to their own ‘Apple Silicon’ hardware, starting with the M1 chip. Microsoft Office 3 for Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) now work directly on the new M1 chip.