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“Microsoft has warned users of Office for Mac 2011 not to upgrade to Apple’s macOS High Sierra when the new operating system launches next month,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld. “‘Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Lync have not been tested on macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and no formal support for this configuration will be provided,’ Microsoft wrote in a support document.”“In the same document, Microsoft told those running the newer Office 2016 for Mac that they must update its applications to version 15.35 or later, if they intend to upgrade their Macs to High Sierra,” Keizer reports. “(Version 15.35 was released in June; since then, Microsoft has issued 15.36 in July and 15.37 in August.) ‘In some cases, you may not be able to launch the Office apps of version 15.34 under High Sierra,’ Microsoft said.”“Apple is expected to release High Sierra to customers in September,” Keizer reports. “The impending cutoff for Office for Mac 2011 is an issue only because Microsoft shortchanges Office for Mac users. Unlike the Windows version of Office, which receives 10 years of security support, those that run on macOS are allotted half that. Microsoft has repeatedly classified Office for Mac as a consumer product to justify the half-measure, even for the edition labeled ‘Home and Business.'
”Read more in the full article.MacDailyNews Take: We’re 100% Microsoft-free here and we’re 100% happy about that.Many users think they need Office on their Macs. After being, no one should.We dumped Microsoft Office many years ago for Apple’s iWork which just keeps getting better and better for free and we couldn’t be happier.
We advise MacDailyNews readers do the same. —SEE ALSO:– May 22, 2017– April 18, 2017. Your comment is rather bizarre. Who said anything about color, fonts, and charts, etc? A spreadsheet is a basically simple tool.
It’s a great way of applying calculations over a large amount of data. Taking that same data and displaying charts and graphs is a natural extension.However, once you have to start putting considerable logic into your spreadsheet, it should really be an application. The point of my original reply was that in most cases where people think the only viable solution is Excel because the spreadsheet is so complex, these solutions should be handled in another way. Another example are people that use a spreadsheet for what she be done with a database. It happens all the time.
Incidentally, you actually can do pivot table functionality in Numbers, even though they don’t refer to it by that name. The most excruciating 5 hours I ever spent in a business office was watching someone create a small telecomm site detail using the excel cell border line drawing format tool.This site detail contained a pole, two “yard refrigerators”, and a small handhole. We had a cad system more powerful than Autocad called Microstation to really use when doing this. To do what he did in Microstation would have taken 15minutes or less.I was sent to that office to replace a retiring Engineer, he couldn’t wait to retire.
He showed me the ropes and we got along well. It came time to draw the detail and he opened up excel, I originally thought he would draw the graphics in Microstation and import it into another required form in Excel. Nope, he meticulously drew the detail in excel. When it was apparent what he was doing, I offered to draw it in Microstation.
He refused saying “they want it in the computer and it’s in the computer.” (Engineers of his day, saw computer drafting as a “clerk’s job”, not as a design tool. Typically, engineers would draw on paper, hand it to a CAD drafter and then redline the returned work.
When computers were slow this was a reasonable workflow. I owe my telecomm career to quickly recognizing CAD as a powerful design tool – i.e. )This episode was the worst use of computer technology I ever witnessed. (Except for your average power point presentation or website created with “Flash).He retired at the end of that week.
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The first thing I did Monday morning was draw that site detail in Microstation.This was pretty late to the transition from paper to CAD- 1998. I’d been turning in ALL my work electronically for over 6 years at that point. Pentiums were available at that time so CAD screen refreshes were very fast unlike the previous 486 computers. By that time everyone had a computer on their desk and there were very few “clerk-drafters” and no administrative assistants.So, using Excel as a Database isn’t so bad by comparison.
I bought my first Apple computer in 1988, and kept faith even when Apple was on the brink of closing down in 1995-1997 just before Steve Jobs came back. I only owned Mac computers since then, although had to use other computers and softwares since then. I even own a “few shares” of Apple stocks, apart from being the major percentage of my mutual funds investments.I have used both Microsoft Office, its Mac version, as well as Apple’s Pages, Numbers.
There are many things I like about Pages and Numbers, especially what I could do with it with graphical presentations. “It is true that for the “majority of the population”, Pages and Numbers are good enough. But is that all Apple has become — just to be good enough to the common user? Where’s the “Think Different” ethic to strive for the best that Apple can be?”What’s extremely frustrating is that the.Mac.
versions of several Apple apps are dumbed down in order to favour the.iOS. versions and the limitations that iOS and touchscreens impose. This isn’t just Numbers, but also Photos (my biggest pet peeve: no proper star ratings, just a fairly useless binary favourite flag), Calendar, Contacts (what the hell do you mean after 10 years you still can’t ADD a freaking GROUP in the iOS Contacts app??? That alone makes including “Pro” in any iOS laughable at best) it’s utterly ridiculous.The Apple of old was not just for newbies, they gave us advanced options that could be easily accessed by more experienced users.If the design geniuses at Apple today were in charge of Mac development in the early to mid 80s, the Mac would not have included keyboard shortcuts. If they were in charge of the initial OSX release, they would’ve disabled native right-mouseclick and forced us to always use the control key. Hi mossman,I am one with you on the Photos and the other Apple softwares for Mac.I bought the Apple software, Aperture (more than $105 plus tax) if I am not mistaken in 1993 or before, because I was not satisfied with the features of iPhoto. Only for Aperture to be completely abandoned, as well as iPhoto to be replaced by Photos.
I was not even reimbursed for such a costly purchased or at least given a comparable replacement.Mac. application software. I thought iPhoto was bad, but now I missed some of its features that were no longer options in Photos — as you stated to be able to make suitable to the majority of the common Apple consumer, in the case the iPhone.So, I am more cautious now in investing money to acquire Mac software and time (and other resources) in order to use them.I am hesitant to buy from other (third) party vendors, unless the product is well established, and the company reputable for security and privacy issues. I have been burned in the past, investing so much time, only for some start up software providers to fold or not provide update as the Mac is updated.CGC. Microsoft Office has its own many many flawsIn response to other posters, it is not a simple choice between either “Pages, Numbers” or “Microsoft Office”. As noted above, Microsoft Office has become too bulky and its graphic presentation, specially for Excel, is just not acceptable specially for professional publications and presentations.
In this regard, Pages and Numbers have better graphical presentations. More specific applications are required for more complex applications and presentations.I have used many versions of the “Microsoft Office for the Mac” in the past. However, Microsoft always has its own agenda — “Microsoft Office for the Mac” is a crippled version of the Windows software.
In fact, it got to the point that Microsoft stopped upgrading the Mac version, to the extent that it stopped support completely in the mid 1990s. Bill Gates/Microsoft was trying to annihilate Apple then. If memory serves me correctly, one of the deals between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates — to resolve the ongoing legal battles between the two companies — was the “Microsoft Office 1998? For the Mac”.That was the last version I ever used, and would have used it “forever” because I disagreed with the licensing and am concerned with privacy issues related to later versions of the Microsoft Office.
Obsolescence (hardware and systems incompatibility) made my “Microsoft Office 1998? For the Mac” with my later laptop computers.I started Pages and Numbers the past few years. And, for many activities they would suffice, and the final product presented as graphs and publication materials would be better than what could be achieved with Microsoft Word or Excel. For example, the graphics associated with Numbers is much better than numbers that could then be easily integrated to Pages, iBook Author, etc.On the other hand, one could literally have unlimited X-Y cells using Excel, as well as allow re-arranging the database (highest to lowest or alphabetically, or vice versa wrt to a specified X-function).
This complex data manipulation is limited, if not doable with Numbers, At best a workaround, using “multiple sheets” would work for a limited X-Y database my work for Numbers.It was for the aforementioned reason that I considered exploring whether I should buy “Microsoft Office for Mac” again. I visited the Boston Microsoft store last year, talk to the sales people and tested the latest software. The bottom line the Microsoft store does not have the equivalent of the “technical assistance” that you get from an Apple Store. There could be a valid and simple reason for MS Office for Mac being ‘crippled’ as you say. MS does not have deep knowledge nor access to macOS as they do for Windows.Perhaps Apple should try writing Numbers, etc.
For Windows with full file interoperability as a start to breaking people away from MS Office if they have no intention of making MS Office filetypes fully supported in their alternative productivity products. If Apple can match MS Office and not have a ‘crippled’ Windows version of their suite it would be a big step towards gaining Enterprise share.
Windows may be the stone bridge but MS Office is the keystone that keeps it standing.
Today, Office 365 is available for the first time on the Mac App Store, making it easier than ever for Mac users to download Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and the whole suite of Microsoft’s popular apps. Users can also purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps, so they can get up and running instantly.
Office 365 for Mac has been designed specifically to support features that are unique to the Mac experience — features like Dark Mode and Continuity Camera in macOS, as well as the MacBook Pro Touch Bar and the Mac’s industry-leading Trackpad.
“We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it's easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad and iPhone.”
“We are excited to announce that today Office 365 is arriving in the Mac App Store,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president at Microsoft. “We have worked closely with Apple to provide Mac users with the very best productivity experience — one that offers everything they know and love about Office through an experience uniquely designed for the Mac.”
In business, as at home, employees want access to the best devices and apps to do their work. With Office 365 on the Mac App Store, these apps can now be easily distributed to employees using Apple Business Manager, a central dashboard where IT can deploy devices, apps and licenses. Now IT can quickly enable employees to get to work with their favorite Office tools across Mac, iPad and iPhone, with great new features designed specifically for Apple devices.
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