Hi Ronni Wow, that is amazing. I guess that will only be useful if I actually use Cloud for much of my other work and storage commitments? I have no plan soon to do that and only need excel and word for my documents and data analysis.
I do have MS Office 2011 on this MBPRo which I use every day. I could probably get away with using the present old version of Excel as it is on my older MBPro but will need a new version on the Compaq with XP, as it is the only way I can run a required Federal Government database used for recording all whale sightings during the surveys, and it is a proverbial pain in the.. to use. I will be needing to use the new Execl (.xlsx file format) with some other files that I use to access the report out puts from the database for analysis. Thanks very much for your very informative wrap up on this Ronni. It all makes sense now: MS are trying to make some serious cash out it!! Best regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au On 08/02/2013, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Chris, > > There is NO Mac version of Microsoft Office 2013. > The current version for Mac is "Office for Mac 2011". > <http://www.microsoft.com/australia/mac/products> > > "Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365, are the Windows maker's big push to > bring its suite of software and services into the cloud with > subscription-based pricing. > > While the company continues to offer boxed versions of the Office software, > they're clearly hoping you'll ditch this old-school way of buying and plunk > down $99.99 per year for an Office 365 Home Premium subscription instead. In > doing so, consumers will be able to install the full suite on up to five Macs > or PCs at once." > <http://www.maclife.com/article/news/microsoft_office_2013_now_available_new_mac_version_still_missing_action> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > >> >> On 07/02/2013, at 10:27 AM, Chris Burton wrote: >> >>> Hi Muggers >>> >>> I recently noted an ad in the paper showing the new MS office 2013 (I think >>> it was 365) for quite a low price, but saying it was by subscription for 1 >>> year!? Does it apply to both PC's and Macs? >>> >>> Is someone able to explain this, as I see it that you only get to use it >>> for a year then have to pay for another, is that correct? This is a >>> different approach to just buying it outright or am I missing something? >>> >>> The reason I ask is I only have Excel:Mac vX (Service release 1) on my >>> older MBPro and Excel 2002 on my old Compaq laptop with XP with some of my >>> important and newer excel files being .xlsx which is not read by earlier >>> versions. >>> >>> Is there a work-around for this situation on both machines, or would it be >>> best if I just buy the newer version of Excel and Word? I dont need the >>> full Office software. >>> >>> I have finally been successful finding work after 8 months, and these >>> computers will be going to work offshore soon and I would like to get them >>> running properly before they do. >>> >>> Many thanks for any of your help I appreciate it greatly. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> Christopher L.K. Burton >>> Director >>> Western Whale Research >>> PO Box 1076 >>> Dunsborough WA 6281 >>> Mobile: 0419 199 120 >>> Email: c...@it.net.au > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130208/9dcbf96f/attachment.htm > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130208/3c778842/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
