Given that Office 365 users are still stuck using Office for Mac 2011, however, there hasn’t been much incentive to sign up for Office 365-save for the excellent Office for iPad apps, OneDrive cloud storage, and free Skype calls. Microsoft released a screenshot of the new Outlook client, which looks a lot like Windows. Current Office 365 subscribers will be able to upgrade for free, as expected Microsoft also said that it would ship a “perpetual license of Office for Mac” (aka a standalone version) in the same timeframe. In the second half of 2015, the company said, Microsoft will ship the final version. In the first half of 2015, Microsoft will release a public beta version of Office for Mac, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. And it will be one more before the next version arrives, Microsoft said Friday.īut to tide you over until then, there’s a new version of Outlook.Īlthough Microsoft released the latest version of its email client on Friday, the roadmap to the next version of Office is the real news. It’s been four long years since Microsoft released the last version of Office for the Mac, in 2010.
