Don't bother. The accessibility has regressed majorly. Sent from my iPhone
-- > On 28 Aug 2015, at 9:22 AM, Joe Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks man. So under the installation they don't have 2011 for the mac? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> OK, so I just called Microsoft for you to ask about this, as I was actually >> curious myself. >> >> So, here's the deal. Office 2016 for the mac is available, yes, not even as >> the public preview. It's out, but! hold on! there is a little small catch. >> It is out, yes, but right now, it's only available to Office 365 >> subscribers. Not to official non-365 subscribers who just want it as is, >> full fledged. However, on the plus side of this, it is apparently supposed >> to be fully released without the need for Office 365 come next month. >> >> Once this is done, they will also then be releasing Office 2016 for Windows >> for both 365 members as well as non-365 full fledged users. >> >> Please realize that none of what I am saying here breaks any NDA. I'm >> telling you exactly what I was directly told by a Microsoft sales agent >> named Hermon. >> >> If you want to get either of the versions out now of Microsoft Office for a >> mac, or a Windows PC, then here's what you need to do. >> >> First off, be sure you're subscribed to Office 365. You can do this through >> >> http://www.office.com >> >> Once you have done this, go back to the above link, and sign in with your >> Microsoft passport. >> >> Once in, click on the link for my account. >> >> I think a more direct link actually is: >> >> http://account.office.com >> >> It might be >> >> http://myaccount.office.com >> >> It's one of the two, I just don't recall which. >> >> Once you're at this page and logged in, you should see a section for >> installation. If you look under here, you'll see the option to download >> either of these installers, for the mac, or for a PC. Pick the one you >> want, download it, and install it by running the installer. Then, make sure >> during the installer that you sign in with your Microsoft passport if asked >> to do so. It's been a while since I've needed to install, so I don't recall >> exactly what that process is, but I know it's very very straight forward. >> >> Once done, you're good to go. >> >> As for the accessibility, I've not used it in a while, but I did try one of >> the older public previews, and for what it was worth, yes, there were some >> major issues, but for the most part, unless you were doing really really >> really heavy editting, it worked quite well. Even MS Word finally has been >> fixed where now you can read the document window. Remember that this was >> quite a few preview builds back though, so I'd honestly give it a shot. I >> think you'll be at least somewhat, if not very impressed. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Quinn" <[email protected]> >> To: "mac list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:12 PM >> Subject: Office 2016? >> >> >>> Is ms office 2016 for the mac out yet? If so is it accessible? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
