What is it like using Microsoft Excel on a Mac?
It depends on your level of proficiency with Excel, but Excel for Mac is just fine. I was a power user on PC and now am a power user on Mac. It took me just a few weeks to internalize it all.For basic operations like simple formulas, sorting, and perhaps pivot tables on small data sets, with regular point-and-click functionality (i.e., using your mouse rather than shortcuts), you'll be perfectly fine. Excel on Mac is not much different from PC.If you are a power user, however, the transition will be more painful ... but don't believe the naysayers. Almost all the features are there (mostly). All the formulas are there. The shortcut keys are definitely different but they're equally learnable. In a matter of days they will become just as "intuitive" as they were in PC (intuitive in quotes because I don't believe any shortcut is inherently intuitive). F4 becomes Cmd+T ... your fingers and brain will quickly get used to it.The real problem with Excel for Mac is its astounding ability to crash. It's really good at this. In fact it's the only software on my Mac that crashes. This is especially true as your spreadsheets become more complex (larger datasets, complex formulas and the like).
What are the differences between different versions of Microsoft Office?
Here we look at the new MS Office 2013 Features and Functions:A new "Read mode" in Word 2013A "Presentation mode" in PowerPoint 2013Improved touch and inking in all of the Office programs.Insert video and audio from online sources in MS WordCapability to broadcast documents on the Web.MS Word and MS PowerPoint have bookmark-like features (syncs the position of the document between different computers).Resume Reading in MS Word and MS PowerPointTouch Mode along with touch enhancements.Flatter look of the Ribbon interface and subtle animations when typing or selecting (Word 2013 and Excel 2013)Outlook 2013 now has a new visualization for scheduled tasksNew graphical options in MS WordNew "Start" experienceNew alignment lines when moving objectsOnline picture support with content from Office.com, Bing.com and FlickrNew slide designs, animations and transitions in MS PowerPointOutlook 2013 supports Outlook.com and Hotmail.com mailSupport for Skype and YammerExcel 2013 supports new model limits.What was removed?The following features found in previous versions were removed for MS Office 2013:Microsoft Clip OrganizerMicrosoft Office Picture ManagerOffice 2007 & Office 2010 chart stylesAbility to insert a 3D Cone, Pyramid, or Cylinder ChartCustom XML Markup has been removed from MS Word for legal reasonsOlder WordArt objects are now converted to new WordArt objectsSupport for Visio Drawing in MS PowerPointMS Access features removed:Access Data Projects (ADP)Support for Jet 3.x IISAMAccess OWC controldBASE support suiteMS Outlook features removed:Download Headers Only mode for IMAPOutlook Exchange Classic offline/Cleanfreebusy switchAbility to import/Export to ApplicationsNotes and Journal customizationOutlook Activities tabOutlook Mobile Service (OMS)Outlook Search through Windows ShellMore detailed information mentioned in the articles below:Changes in Office 2013Page on dell.com
How do I get a template of an older version of Word in the newest version of Word where that template is not available (Mac)?
You might find the answers on this Microsoft website helpful: How do I import Word 2010 styles into Word 2013?You might also find this information helpful in a general sort of way: Where are my custom templates in Office 2013?Word 2013 Tutorials—Templates
How can I make a PowerPoint animation cross-compatible with PowerPoint on both Windows and Mac computers?
It should remain compatible if both machines have the same version of PPT installed. Alternatives would be exploring the various Save As types...such as PDF, PowerPoint show, Picture Presentation, etc.
Does Office 2019 for Mac work fast because Office 2016 was really slow, especially Excel?
Are you comparing the perpetual release versions of Office 2016 and 2019? If so, you should realize that Microsoft changed from 32-bit to 64-bit. This change let Excel take advantage of as much memory as you had on your computer instead of being limited to 3 GB. That’s an important difference if you are using large workbooks because you don’t need to page stuff out to a rotating disk hard drive serving as virtual memory. The change also involved taking advantage of Apple’s most recent 64-bit Cocoa API instead of the circa 2000 32-bit Carbon API.Had you been using Office 2016 on an Office 365 subscription, this change would have occurred in the dead of night about two years ago, with users everywhere waking up to a more modern (and faster) Excel. There were remarkably few problems reported with this transition, which should be a tribute to Microsoft’s developers and test team.
Is there going to be a new Office/Outlook for OSX?
Is there going to be a new Office/Outlook for OSX?Microsoft has released Outlook 15 for Mac. It's currently only available to Office 365 subscription customers: http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/...The same blog post promises a new Office suite for Mac (the successor of Office 2011) in the second half of 2015. An Office for Mac 2016 preview was released on March 5, 2015:http://products.office.com/en-US...
Why does PowerPoint have different features on a Mac to a Windows?
Why wouldn't use the Mac toolbox for what it does better than Windows! A case in point. Create three identical rectangles. Put them on top of each other so that they look just like one rectangle. Now try and reorder them with PowerPoint for Windows and PowerPoint for Mac 2011. On Windows, it is laborious, on Mac it is absolutely gorgeous and uses the graphic toolbox: With one rectangle selected under the menu arrange, select reorder overlapping objects, or reorder objects. You get a 3D animation showing all the layers. And each rectangle can simply be dragged forward or backward.