Thanks Alan, yes I had read that. At the moment I am inclined towards the Office 365 solution (given 5 in my house) which in turns gives the updates that Office 19 will bring, whatever they happen to be. The other option is to do nothing and save-da-money.
Jury is considering. Regards Pete > On 12 Aug 2018, at 8:10 am, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > Office 2019 for Mac is rumoured for release in October this year. A preview > Enterprise version was released in June for commercial customers. > > Some Info on the Microsoft website or macrumors dot com. > > Cheers > Alan > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 11 Aug 2018, at 3:55 pm, Susan Hastings <susanhasti...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Peter, we have Office 365 and it works for us on our Windows machine and >> Macs and on iOS on our iPads with the one subscription. Well worth it to us >> and we’ve been using it for a few years now. Cheers, Susan. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 11 Aug 2018, at 3:19 pm, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Brian, I work in a private company so no Office BYO opportunity there. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> Pete >>> >>>> On 11 Aug 2018, at 3:14 pm, Brian Risbey <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Pete >>>> >>>> Do you work for a government department? >>>> I know the Dept of Educaton provides Office for Mac for Bring Your Own >>>> Machines. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPadPro👨🏻💻 >>>> 11.4.1 >>>> Brian Risbey >>>> >>>>> On 11 Aug 2018, at 14:01, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Folks, I want to consider if its worth upgrading the Office for Mac >>>>> versions in my house. The five of us each has an MBP (MBA) and either has >>>>> Office 2008 or Office 2011. Whilst they work ok, compatibility with newly >>>>> created files leads to some issues. >>>>> >>>>> When I did last buy Office for Mac in 2011 (!!) my recollection is i got >>>>> 3 licences and i installed in on 3 MBP’s as we had then. The lingering >>>>> Office 2008 was on the other 2. >>>>> >>>>> Probably Office 365 is the way to go - $129/year for 5 machines + tablets >>>>> + iPhones as well. 1TB of cloud storage in addition. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have any wisdom on the 365 option or the installed Office 16 >>>>> being recommended alternative? >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Pete >>>>> -- 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> >>>> >>>> -- 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> >>> >>> -- 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> >> -- 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> > > -- 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> -- 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>
