Once you create your first document, the new user interface will remind you at the 2010 version, but with elements in 2013 for Windows, as you can now sign-in with your Microsoft account and share documents by inviting people, copying the link, or sending document as an attachment.Īnother feature added in Office 2016 is a new search functionality at the title bar to do searches within the document. The new version of Office brings the same look and feel users are used to in Windows, which it may not seem like very significant, but it’s important that users get the same experience regardless the platform.
If you’re a Mac user, you’ll be able to use Office 2016 free, but it’s required that you have an Microsoft account to access some of the applications like Outlook and OneNote in the rest of the applications, you’ll need to sign-in, if you want to create and save files to OneDrive.
Those who are not an Office 365 subscribers will be able to use Office 2016 for Mac free of charge, but functionality will be limited and they will only receive bug fixes. This includes, new features and new functionalities, as long you have an Office 365 subscription. The company rolled out on Thursday, a new preview of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook as part of the 2016 suite of apps.Īfter years of waiting for a new release, Microsoft has said that from now on Office for Mac will be updated as regularly as the version on Windows. It’s about time, Microsoft Office for Mac is getting its first major update since 2011.