2016. It's still rather clunky for my taste.

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> 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
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>> 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?
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