The former lets several collaborators simultaneously edit the same document from different devices, and the latter lets them easily track comments right next to relevant text while seeing who replied to whom and when. That said, the cloud integration will probably be most useful in this app: When you see “Updates Available,” just click it to see what your colleague or friend has changed in the document.Ĭo-authoring and threaded comments (also available in PowerPoint) are two powerful collaboration features that have been greatly improved. There aren’t too many changes specific to Word 2016. As Microsoft puts it, “It’s unmistakably Office - but thoughtfully designed to take advantage of the unique features of the Mac.” Word There’s also a new task pane interface that Microsoft hopes will make it easier to position, resize, and rotate graphics, as well as the usual new themes and styles to help you quickly spiff up your documents.įull screen view and even “little Mac affordances” like scroll bounce have been added as well.
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That said, only the first three are really new - this OneNote version is the same one that came out on February 19 and this Outlook version is the same one Office 365 users have already been using on their Macs.įor Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, the redesigned ribbon on OS X is now consistent across the various platforms that Office runs on (if a function is on the Insert tab on your Mac, it will be there on your Android tablet as well). Microsoft’s preview includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. This is undoubtedly good news for Apple as those still on older OS X versions will have yet another incentive to upgrade. In that same vein, Office 2016 for Mac requires OS X 10.10 Yosemite. This is possible because Microsoft has now completely switched over to Apple’s Cocoa APIs. While Office 2011 for Mac included some Retina support, it was mainly focused on the canvas (where the document is displayed) and the most common parts of the user interface.Įric Wilfrid, general manager of Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit, told VentureBeat there are now “no more dark areas” in terms of Retina support.
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Microsoft says the new apps offer full Retina display support with thousands of Retina-optimized graphics.
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