2016. It's still rather clunky for my taste. Sent from my iPhone
-- > On 29 Aug 2015, at 3:22 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Wait a second. You're saying the accessibility isn't any good in 2016, or > are you saying in 2011. I'm a little confused. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 7:51 PM > Subject: Re: Office 2016? > > > 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? 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