Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 - 1 Pack

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Office for Mac 2011 includes Mac versions of Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, and Outlook 2011; the most familiar
• And trusted productivity applications used around the world at home, school, and business.
• Reliable compatibility with the over 1 billion Macs and PCs running Office worldwide ensures you have the right tools to create, share,
• And collaborate with virtually anyone, anywhere, with no worries.
• New Office Web Apps let you post, access, edit, and share Office documents from where you want with nearly any computer with a browser;

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 8 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003YCOJAS
• Item model number: W6F-00063
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 10, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (134 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #5 in Software > Business & Office > Business & Office Management Software
  • #5 in Software > Business & Office > Word Processing
  • #11 in Software > The Mac Software Store

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With over 1 billion PCs and Macs running Office, Microsoft Office is the most-trusted and most-used productivity suite around the world. And Office for Mac 2011 is here to help you do more with your Mac on your terms. Use Word to create dynamic papers, Excel to format your data quickly, PowerPoint to help engage your audience and take your ideas further, and Outlook to stay close to your contacts and calendars. And since Office for Mac is compatible with Office for Windows, you can work on documents with virtually anyone on a Mac or PC. It's the easiest way to create, share, and access your documents from almost anywhere.

1-Pack Version

Licensed for one (1) user for install on one (1) Mac. A multi-user license is also available.

What's New and Improved

Manage your email and calendars with features that simplify staying connected and up to date.

Powerful writing tools help you create outstanding documents, then store, edit, and share your work easily on the web.

Clarify your financial picture with easy-to-analyze spreadsheets you can post online to view, edit, share, or coauthor with your team from virtually anywhere.

Create powerful, professional presentations that engage and inspire your audience, and present online as effectively as in person.

• Outlook for Mac
  Keeps you connected to e-mail, schedules, calendars, to-do lists, and contacts.


• Ribbon
  Access favorite commands quickly, and personalize your workspace.


• Office Web Apps*
  Post, edit, and share files from virtually anywhere.


• Coauthoring
  Simultaneously edit a file with authors in multiple locations.


• Template Gallery
  Visually select the perfect template for your next project.


• Photo Editing
  Remove backgrounds or add color filters right within PowerPoint.


• Full Screen View
  Use full screen to maximize space for reading and writing.


• Presentation Broadcast
  Broadcast a presentation instantly online, even to people without PowerPoint.


• Improved Publishing Layout View
  Create visually rich newsletters, brochures, and documents easily.


• Sparklines
  Create small charts in a single cell to discover patterns in your data.


• Visual Basic Support
  Automate repetitive tasks by programming your favorite commands.


• Dynamic Reordering
  Rearrange layers of text, photos, and graphics quickly.

* Requires a Windows Live ID, internet connection and supported browser.

Work the way you want, where you want.

Microsoft Office for Mac adds rich new features to the familiar Office applications you already know, helping you to manage your home and business the way you want. Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 includes:

Outlook for Mac 2011

Manage your email and calendars with features that simplify staying connected and up to date.

• Clean up your inbox by collapsing long email threads into a single Conversations.
• View your calendar within your e-mail and see your schedule displayed within a meeting invitation.
• Easily import your Outlook .pst files when you set up your new Mac.
• Consolidate e-mail from multiple accounts into a single folder.
• Manage your schedule and contacts without opening Outlook.
• Review your attachments with Quick Look, archive your files with Time Machine, and use Spotlight to search your e-mail.

Word for Mac 2011

Powerful writing tools help you create outstanding documents, then store, edit, and share your work easily on the web.

• Create visually rich newsletters, brochures, and documents in Publishing Layout view.
• Instantly see styles applied in your document with Visual Styles.
• Work in Full Screen view to maximize space for reading and writing documents.
• Rearrange layers of text, photos, and graphics quickly with Dynamic Reordering.
• View, edit, store, and share documents online with the Word Web App on Windows Live SkyDrive.*
• Share and coauthor Word documents with virtually anyone, whether they're using Office on a Mac or PC.

Excel for Mac 2011

Clarify your financial picture with easy-to-analyze spreadsheets you can post online to view, edit, share, or coauthor with your team from virtually anywhere.

• Clarify your data using Conditional Formatting with icons, data bars, and color scales.
• Spot trends with new Sparklines, small charts that fit in a single cell.
• Spend more time analyzing data and less time sifting through it with PivotTables.
• Organize, filter, and format related data with Excel tables.
• Increase efficiency and save time by automating repetitive tasks using Visual Basic.
• View, edit, store, and share spreadsheets online with the Excel Web App on Windows Live SkyDrive.*
• Share and coauthor Excel spreadsheets with virtually anyone, whether they're using Office on a Mac or PC.

PowerPoint for Mac 2011

Create powerful, professional presentations that engage and inspire your audience, and present online as effectively as in person.

• Remove backgrounds or add color filters to your photos right within PowerPoint.
• Move beyond the conference room and broadcast your presentations online.
• Rearrange layers of text, photos, and graphics quickly with Dynamic Reordering.
• Rehearse, check your timing, and take notes in Presenter View.
• View, edit, store, and share Office documents online with the PowerPoint Web App on Windows Live SkyDrive.*
• Share and coauthor PowerPoint presentations with virtually anyone, whether they're using Office on a Mac or PC.

* Requires a Windows Live ID, internet connection and supported browser.

Product Description

Work the way you want, where you want. With over 1 billion PCs and Macs running Office, Microsoft Office is the most-trusted and most-used productivity suite around the world. And Office for Mac 2011 is here to help you do more with your Mac on your terms. Use Word to create dynamic papers, Excel to format your data quickly, PowerPoint to help engage your audience and take your ideas further, and Outlook to stay close to your contacts and calendars. And since Office for Mac is compatible with Office for Windows, you can work on documents with virtually anyone on a Mac or PC. It’s the easiest way to create, share, and access your documents from almost anywhere. Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 includes Word for Mac 2011, Excel for Mac 2011, PowerPoint for Mac 2011, and Outlook for Mac 2011.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much improved over Office 2008, October 28, 2010

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Daniel Peterson (Bothell, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 - 1 Pack (Software)

In general, I think Office 2011 is a good upgrade to 2008. A lot of the deficiences in Office 2008 have been addressed, and the application is a bit more "mac like".

PROS:

Probably the biggest change people will see out of the gate are interface changes. I think the move to a more "ribbon like" interface was a good one, that helps keep everything you want together (especially on multiple monitors), but the formatting toolbars are still around if you want to back to those.

Help is now Apple help based, all versions support Automator actions, apps are much more friendly to spaces, spotlight and time machine, VBA is back, etc.

Outlook is a great addition if you're connecting your Mac to an Exchange server at work, and is actually pretty decent on it's own. I think I may actually prefer it to Mail.app, but we'll see how my thoughts are over a longer time scale.

CONS:

Office 2011 is now intel only, but considering the fact that Apple has also started dropping PowerPC support, I don't think that's a huge deal.

Licensing has changed for the business version, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing depends on your situation. Office 2008 let you install a copy on a desktop and a portable computer. Office 2011 now comes in a "1 license" and "2 license" version. If you don't have 2 computers, this might be a positive thing for you, but if you've got a desktop and a laptop, you're probably not too happy about it.

Office 2011 also does require activation, although that's quick and painless. I'm sure some people won't like it though.

73 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outlook 2011, October 28, 2010

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William A. Rose - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 - 1 Pack (Software)

Since getting Outlook 2011 is the reason I purchased Office 2011 for the Mac, I'm writing my review only about that component of the suite. I've spent the day using it, and in general, I'm disappointed. While it does look appealing and runs fast, I think Microsoft has slimmed it down too much from Entourage. For example, there is no "resend" option for messages, a feature that I use a lot so that I don't have to copy & paste e-mail that I want to send out to a few people but not as a blind group. Next, while one can still marginally re-configure the toolbar, it's very limited. For example, I find the delete button is in a very awkward position (for me), but I can't move it. And finally, I miss not seeing any feedback while the program is checking for mail (unless you go to the trouble of checking the progress window). I'll spend more time with Outlook, but at this point, I'm seriously considering going back to Entourage. I've never had this experience before with a Microsoft product for the Mac, and I've been using them since they first started making them.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much Better than 2008, but Still Behind the Windows Version, November 3, 2010

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This review is from: Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 - 1 Pack (Software)

I work at a company where most of us are assigned Lenovo laptops running WinXP, but the clever people use their own Macs. I was part of a small pilot that were assigned Macs, although many of the business apps require a Windows VM to work. I tired of the poor performance of the apps, so I bought my own Windows laptop.

I've always wanted to be able to use the Mac full time, primarily for the coolness factor. But there are so many shortcomings, I just couldn't do it. Even with the arrival of Office 2011, the short battery life (this is a 3-year old MBP) and lack of a right-click button try my patience. I thought that with a new version of Outlook, I might be able to make the switch. However, after using Outlook 2010 for a year now on Windows 7, this Mac version seems like two steps back. Here are a few of my observations:

LIKES
Reading pane in conversation view shows first line of all messages in conversation (mail)

DISLIKES
No OneNote (global)
No side-by-side calendar (calendar)
No auto-population of shared calendars and calendar hierarchy (calendar)
No drag and drop of emails to calendar (mail/calendar)
No business card view (contacts)
No folder view (global)
No icon view; weird since this is the default view for many Mac things (notes)
Can't distinguish between new emails and replies for auto-signature (preferences)
Can't open two windows, e.g., Calendar on one screen, Inbox on another (global)