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Yesterday the Apple OS X Mountain Lion operating system became available to the general public. If you’re a big Mac fan, we have already put up our review of the new operating system. Just because you like to use a Mac computer doesn’t mean you don’t want access to Microsoft Office for your productivity suite at home or in the office.

Microsoft has announced that Office for Mac 2011 is Mountain Lion ready. Microsoft says it has been working with Apple to ensure that users have a fantastic experience with the operating system. However, Microsoft is calling Mac user attention to a few items for best results with the new operating system. Microsoft says that users need to make sure Office for Mac’s AutoUpdate feature is enabled.

There are some updates available that Office for Mac 2011 will need. Microsoft is also pointing out that the Mountain Lion feature called Gatekeeper will prevent updates from running when you download and initiate them on the desktop. You have to use Microsoft AutoUpdate to keep the productivity suite current. Anyone still running an older version of Office for Mac will be pleased to hear that Office 2008 for Mac is also supported on Mountain Lion.

Microsoft Office for Mac is Mountain Lion ready is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A lot of people are looking forward to having Microsoft Office on their iOS devices, and we’re one step closer to it being a reality. In addition to previously leaked alleged screenshots of the app on an iPad, Microsoft is hiring software development engineers to be part of its Outlook Test team – to test the company’s “next move on the Mac and on iOS.” While the job listing doesn’t specifically mention Office, Outlook is part of the Office suite, and Microsoft is likely to be keeping things under wraps for as long as it can. Microsoft Office for iOS is rumored to be launching this year on November 10th, it’s still quite far away, so we’ll just have to wait and see. In the meantime we’ll keep you posted if anything new pops up.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Microsoft launches the Office Next Blog, Microsoft to phase out free Office 2010 Starter Edition,

This week Microsoft is making sure all is clear on what’s happening with the new version and subscription fees, not to mention the contents, of the Mac version of Office 365 Home Premium. This software will indeed be in a pack with the ability to acquire Office for Mac 2011 in the upcoming wave of availability for Apple lovers. This announcement comes after a mistaken quote reported across the web that Mac users would have to purchase Office for Mac 2011 separately from Office 365 Home Premium altogether.

This update also makes it clear that Microsoft intends on releasing several different packages for Mac users as well, with a note of theirs stating the following. “The final version of Office 365 Home Premium, when available, will include Office for Mac as an option of the 5 devices – Macs could be all five of the devices if the subscriber chooses, and at no additional cost.”

Microsoft recently previewed many features of the newest release of Office 365 as well as Office 2013 for release alongside Windows 8. Windows 8 will be shipping October 26th, 2012, while Office will likely be launched in each of its new iterations soon after that date. Office 365 for Mac will be including access to Office for Mac (2011) as part of its five per user device limit.

Unlike the Office for 2013 for Windows 8 edition of the software, it appears more likely that the Mac version of the software will be coming out early next year.

[via ComputerWorld]

Microsoft confirms Mac Office 365 subscription details is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Zoho’s been offering its handy Office suite for quite some time on the web, but now the company’s making it even better by integrating its productivity applications with Google’s cloudy Drive. Naturally, this includes the full set of internet-based apps, such as Zoho Writer for word processing, Zoho Sheet to take care of spreads and Zoho Show for when you need to knock out some presentations. Best of all, you won’t have to shell out any cash on the app trio, and you can grab ’em all from the Chrome Web Store link below.

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