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You may also receive an EXC_BAD_ACCESS error message. You can import an Outlook PST file from Windows or a previous version of Office on Mac but we found that Outlook kept crashing after trying to import data from Outlook 2011 with a message that we needed to activate it via Office 365 but didn’t have an active subscription.

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However, Microsoft has promised to add full support for Gmail and iCloud calendar and contacts sync in future monthly updates of Office 2016 for Mac. There’s definitely no support for iCal or iCloud Contacts syncing though which is useless if you want to use calendars across Apple/Windows devices and unforgivable when you consider it’s already supported in Office 2013 for Windows.

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In theory, there is support for syncing Outlook for Mac with Gmail and or Google Calendar as per Google’s App Password setup instructions although we couldn’t get this working.

Outlook 2016 still only supports Exchange and local calendars and requires Exchange 2010 SP2 or higher which will annoy those users and companies still using Exchange 2007. Outlook is the biggest disappointment in Office 2016 for Mac, still lagging considerably behind the Windows version. So far so good but let’s take a closer look at the different components. Microsoft has declared its aim is to provide a uniform look for Office no mater what platform you’re using it on but Office 2016 For Mac definitely has a distinct OS X flavor to it. The overall look and feel of Office 2016 is tailored to fit the flatter, smoother look of Yosemite and it blends into OS X extremely well. Thankfully, the trusty old Menu Bar has been retained for Mac users though even though it’s long gone on Windows. And if you hate the ribbon, as some Mac users still do, you can hide it by clicking on an arrow on the right-hand side. The familiar ribbon interface has been retained and now looks exactly the same as on Windows Office 2013 for example.

The overall look remains the same as Office 2011 for Mac but much slicker. This is complemented by other subtle interface tweaks that enhance the look of Office 2016. This is due to Microsoft’s long overdue decision to use Apple’s Cocoa APIs and the result is the best looking version of Office we’ve ever seen on Mac. It’s about time that Office embraced retina displays and Office 2016 does that with gusto. Here we take a closer look at what’s new in Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac. There are also still various other missing features from the Windows version that we found that need to be considered before you think about upgrading and the aforementioned Outlook crashes and bugs that we’ve looked at here.

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After September however, it will be available as a standalone download for purchase. If you want to use Office 2016 for Mac now, you require a monthly or annual subscription to Office 365 which will disappoint many who hate the increasingly common subscription model of pricing software. The biggest downside to Office 2016 for Mac is a) Frequent Outlook 2016 crashes for some users and b) The way Microsoft has decided to initially require users to subscribe to Office 365 in order to use Office 2016 on Mac. Most importantly perhaps, it brings all of them closer to the look and feel of the Windows version of Office although as we’ll see, Outlook still remains way behind. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook but there’s still no version of Publisher or Access on Mac included. It also includes all the same applications as previous versions i.e.

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Will Office 2016 delete Office 2011 when I install it?įirst impressions are, Office 2016 is certainly the best looking version of Office for Mac yet finally bringing retina optimization to the suite and full screen support.

You can run both perfectly well side by side and uninstalling Office 2016 will not remove Office 2011 or vice versa. Note also that installing either the preview or full purchased version of Office 2016 will not delete or copy over your current version of Office 2011 for Mac as it installs into a completely different location. The first and most important thing to note is that Office 2016 for Mac is only available to OS X 10.1o Yosemite users – meaning OS X 10.9 Mavericks users or lower are out of luck. Note that Office 2016 for Mac is about 2.5GB but you’ll need at least 5GB of free space on your Mac to complete the installation. You used to be able to try before you buy, but the Microsoft Office For Mac 2016 Preview was withdrawn by Microsoft in October 2016. Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac was initially only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers but is now available to non-subscribers too.

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2016 is the first update to Microsoft Office for Mac since 2011 so we’ve taken an in-depth look at what’s new in it.