The top 10 Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac features

Microsoft has finally has updated its Office for Mac. For Word, Excel and PowerPoint is the first major update since 2011 already! While pre-release version available programs, because Microsoft wants to get feedback from users before the final release of Office.

Application is not yet perfect, but Microsoft officials say that in their functionality, they will not be very different from the final product. A user feedback will help just to correct some omissions and errors.

Below are the 10 videos that demonstrate the advantages of the new Microsoft Office. To self-assess the program, you can go to site the company and download their pre-release versions.

Full screen mode

It sounds obvious, and yet, the new Microsoft Office is fully optimized for Yosemite, which means support for full-screen mode (application is also adapted to the Retina-display).

Completely redesigned belt with tools

Microsoft has revised the tape tools in all Office applications. It has become much easier both visually and functionally, leading to a "common denominator» Mac-, Windows- and iOS-version of the office suite. mnogovkladochnom concept toolbar interesting, and very good at what MS designers have put it in order.

Share documents

The new Microsoft Office simplifies the exchange of documents. To do this, just go to the menu in the upper right corner of the screen - and you can send a file or link to it, and change the sharing settings (similar to the way it is implemented in the current programs iWork). If someone has shared with you a link to a document, you can open it directly from their email.

branch tapping

Sharing a document with a colleague, you can create a branch of conversations in Word and PowerPoint comments. This feature is not as good as Google Drive (instead of real-time updates come only up comments), but this is a big step forward.

Excel Formula Builder

The latest version of Excel significantly updated tools for creating formulas - Formula Builder. It has become easier for the most part moved to the tape (formula selection).

Transitions in PowerPoint

In PowerPoint 2016 have been added several new animated transitions between slides.

PowerPoint Presenter View

The application for Mac is a "speaker mode", which allows the drive to see the whole slide as a whole, with notes and additional notes, while the audience watches the material displayed on the screen. the interface design has been slightly redesigned and became more accurate.

Roaming Inspectors window

Now, in the updated Office applications, the Inspector window can be moved and attached to the main windows with documents.

Tags in OneNote

New OneNote for Mac appeared tags make it easy to distribute posts by topic.

Conversation view in Outlook

Outlook allows you to bring order to your mailbox, sorting letters by tapping the branches, as well as the date, attachments, priority and other categories.

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