Microsoft Office Mac Home & Student 2011

Optimized user interface, cross-platform collaboration, location-independent teamwork and seamless web integration make daily tasks easier than ever before!

With installations on over a billion PCs and Macs, Microsoft Office is the most popular and widely used program of all time. Office for Mac 2011 helps you get more out of your Mac, your way. Bring all your ideas to life with familiar applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. And because Office for Mac is compatible with Office for Windows, you can collaborate on your documents with almost any Mac or PC user.

Product highlights Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Student 2011

• Collaboration writ large: Direct access to Microsoft Online Services, enabling effective sharing of data and files.
• With the tools included in Office for Mac 2011, multiple people can work on Office files - regardless of time, location or platform.
• Microsoft Office Online makes it easy to access and share Office files from any computer with an Internet connection.
• The new user interface, which is based on the Office 2008 Elements Gallery, combines the best of the classic Mac menu and the standard toolbar.
• Cross-platform ease of use. As 75% of Mac users also use a PC, the user interface has been adapted to suit all platforms.
• Outlook for Mac replaces the familiar Entourage and supports the Exchange Web Services protocol. It was developed on the basis of Cocoa, which results in improved integration in Mac OS X.
• Easy import of Outlook for Windows PST files for cross-platform collaboration. Outlook for Mac also includes reliable, fast, file-based storage with Spotlight search & Time Machine backup support.

Included applications

• Word 2011 -  word processor
• Excel 2011 - Spreadsheets
• PowerPoint 2011 - Presentations

For all of life's occasions

Office for Mac 2011 helps you do more with your Mac, your way. Use familiar applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint to take your ideas to the next level. And because Office for Mac is compatible with Office for Windows, you can work on documents with virtually any Mac or PC. Store your files in a password-protected online SkyDrive folder to access, edit or share your work from virtually anywhere with the free Office Web Apps.

• Ribbon: Quickly access your favorite commands and personalize your workspace
• Office Web Apps: Publish, edit and share files from virtually anywhere
• Co-authoring: Simultaneously edit a file with authors in multiple locations
• Template Gallery: Visually choose the perfect template for your next project
• Photo editing: Remove backgrounds or add color filters directly in PowerPoint
• Full screen view: Use the full screen view to maximize the space for reading and writing
• Transfer presentation: Transfer a presentation online instantly, even to people without PowerPoint
• Improved publishing layout view: Easily create visually appealing newsletters, brochures and documents
• Sparklines: Create small charts in a single cell to identify patterns in your data
• Visual Basic support: Automate repetitive tasks by programming your favorite commands
• Dynamic reordering: Quickly reorder text layers, photos and graphics

Included programs and key features

Microsoft Office for Mac adds many new features to the familiar Office programs you already know to help you manage your home and school work the way you want.

Powerful writing tools help you create great documents and then save, edit and easily share your work on the web.

• Create visually appealing newsletters, brochures and documents in the Publishing Layout view
• Instantly view the styles applied in the document with Visual Styles
• Work in full-screen view to maximize the space for reading and writing documents
• Quickly reorder text, photo and graphic layers with Dynamic Reordering
• View, edit, save and share documents online with the Word Web app on Windows Live SkyDrive
• Share and co-author Word documents with virtually anyone, regardless of whether they use Office on a Mac or PC

Excel for Mac 2011
Clarify your financial picture with easy-to-analyze spreadsheets that you can publish online to view, edit, share or co-author with your team from virtually anywhere.

• Clarify your data through conditional formatting with symbols, data bars and color scales
• Spot trends with new sparklines, small charts that fit in a single cell
• Spend more time analyzing data and less time sifting through data with PivotTables
• Organize, filter and format related data with Excel spreadsheets
• Increase efficiency and save time by automating repetitive tasks with Visual Basic
• View, edit, save and share spreadsheets online with the Excel Web App on Windows Live SkyDrive
• Share and co-author Excel spreadsheets with virtually anyone, whether they use Office on a Mac or a PC

PowerPoint for Mac 2011
Create powerful, professional presentations that captivate and inspire your audience, and present online as effectively as in person.

• Remove backgrounds or add color filters to your photos directly in PowerPoint
• Leave the conference room and broadcast your presentations online
• Quickly reorder text, photo and graphic layers with Dynamic Reordering
• Practice, check your timing and take notes in the presentation view
• View, edit, save and share Office documents online with the PowerPoint Web App on Windows Live SkyDrive
• Share and co-author PowerPoint presentations with virtually anyone, regardless of whether they use Office on a Mac or a PC

Microsoft Office for Mac is the ideal productivity suite for all Mac users in the office, at home or at school.

It offers excellent compatibility with Office on Windows and lets users collaborate more efficiently and easily.

System requirements