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Microsoft expected to announce Office for Mac timing “very soon,” release rumored for early 2015

Following yesterday’s leaked screenshots of a new version of Office for Mac, ZDNet is reporting that its contacts have told it that Microsoft will announce timings for the new edition of Office for Mac “very soon.”

The company also is expected to disclose timing and possibly a public preview of its next Office for Mac release very soon, as well […] The latest rumored release target for the next Office for Mac is early 2015.

Yesterday’s report suggested a flattened look,  support for Retina screens and integration with Notification Center.

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  1. standardpull - 9 years ago

    These days I find it much easier to leave Office behind. There are so many good alternatives, including the Apple suite and OpenOffice and even Google Doc. Microsoft is on top only due to its history of being on top.

    However I am still looking forward to the new Office. Microsoft does good work but their business choices have generally been 3rd rate for their customers experience.

  2. puri517 - 9 years ago

    No, thanks! iWork is my choice :-P

  3. Urtho (@MilamberUrtho) - 9 years ago

    We have been using OpenOffice and iWork at my current job, and they are both limited in what they can actually accomplish. iWork can not have files attached to gmail without compressing or exporting, both more than most of my users can really comprehend. OpenOffice doesn’t open excel files with macros correctly. OpenOffice also messes up formatting for complex pages from Word.

  4. likearabbit - 9 years ago

    The only real offering of MS Office that Apple (and third parties) hasn’t made a great alternative for yet is Outlook. Exchange clients, in office/enterprise settings, with lots of shared calendars, really have no good options aside from Outlook. Especially if those settings are multiplatform.

    Here’s to hoping Outlook sees some much needed improvement in early 2015!

  5. Hassan Walid - 9 years ago

    Arabic Support?!

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