Microsoft Office (or simply Office) is a family of client software, server software, and services. Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word. Office for Mac that comes with an Office 365 subscription is updated on a regular basis to provide new features, security updates, and non-security updates. Updates are available from Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU). To use Microsoft AutoUpdate, start an Office application, such as Word, and then choose Help > Check for Updates. If you're an admin.
Microsoft this week for the first time offered its Office for Mac applications in Apple's Mac App Store.
'We're excited to announce that Office 365 is now available on the newly redesigned Mac App Store,' Microsoft executive Jared Spataro wrote in a Jan. 24 post to a company blog.
The Office applications - Excel, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, PowerPoint and Word - can be downloaded separately or as a bundled collection from the Mac App Store, Apple's e-market.
While the applications can be downloaded - and even run in a reduced functionality mode that bars actions like creating and editing documents, and sending and receiving email - the customer must already subscribe to Office 365 or obtain a subscription through an in-app purchase to unlock their full potential. If the latter, people have a choice between the $100-per-year Office 365 Home (alternately, $10 per month) and the $70 Office 365 Personal ($7 per month).
It's unclear whether Apple will scrape its usual 30% off the top of Office 365 in-app purchases - as it does for all app revenue - or if Apple and Microsoft came to a different financial agreement.
Enterprises can also leverage the Mac App Store by using the Apple Business Manager dashboard to distribute the Office 365 applications to employees covered by corporate-grade subscriptions such as Office 365 Business or Office 365 Enterprise E3.
The applications are not any different from the ones Microsoft offers for download from its website or from a customer's Office 365 web-based control panel. They do differ, however, from those covered by retail 'perpetual' licenses, including Office Home & Student 2019 (a $150 one-time purchase) and Office Home & Business 2019 ($250).
One of the advantages of acquiring Office 365 through the Mac App Store is that the market then delivers updates and upgrades, rather than the Microsoft-made AutoUpdate app on macOS. There is no difference between the purchase price through the Mac App Store and via Microsoft's website. Discounts, however, can be found at online outlets like Amazon, where 'Key Card' options were priced today at $88.21 for Office 365 Home and $58.99 for Office 365 Personal.
Apple first announced that the Office applications would land in the Mac App Store in June 2018, during its annual developers conference. The Mac App Store has been in operation since January 2011. Unlike the iOS App Store, the one for the Mac is not the sole distribution platform for macOS software; developers can sell their wares from their own websites, for example, or in packaged form through online or brick-and-mortar retail stores.
A short FAQ on Office in the Mac App Store provides additional information about the applications and Office 365.
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A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Connect. Organize. Get things done. Outlook brings your email, calendar, contacts all in one place so you can work efficiently. Office integration lets you share attachments right from OneDrive, access contacts, and view LinkedIn profiles.
Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac
MacBook Pro Touch Bar is fully supported by Microsoft Outlook. Switch between Mail and Calendar with just a tap of the Touch Bar. Another tap and you're opening a new meeting invite. Go easy on your eyes with Dark Mode. Outlook makes it focus on your inbox and calendar in low-light environments by supporting Dark Mode for macOS Mojave.
Quickly connect and share
Keep key contacts front and center to stay connected. Know organization hierarchies and who people work with to help get things done. @mention people in your company for quicker collaboration.
Security you can trust
Get peace of mind with enterprise-grade security trusted by many of the world’s largest organizations. Outlook works around the clock to protect your confidential information without getting in your way.
Intelligence that works for you
Outlook anticipates your needs. Travel and bill payments are automatically added to your calendar, and intelligent reminders help keep you on track. Search helps you find information quickly.
Works with your email provider
Outlook for Mac works with Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Outlook.com (including Hotmail and MSN), Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and iCloud
Learn more about Office 365
Office 365 is a cloud-based subscription service that brings together premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneDrive, with the best tools for the way people work today. Please visit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2015120 for information on Licensing Terms.
Unlock the full Microsoft Office experience with a qualifying Office 365 subscription for your phone, tablet, PC, and Mac.
Office 365 annual subscriptions purchased from the app will be charged to your App Store account and will automatically renew within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless auto-renewal is disabled beforehand. You can manage your subscriptions in your App Store account settings.
This app is provided by either Microsoft or a third-party app publisher and is subject to a separate privacy statement and terms and conditions. Data provided through the use of this store and this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the third-party app publisher, as applicable, and transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or any other country where Microsoft or the app publisher and their affiliates or service providers maintain facilities.
Please refer to the Microsoft Software License Terms for Microsoft Office. See “License Agreement” link under Information. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions.
Connect. Organize. Get things done. Outlook brings your email, calendar, contacts all in one place so you can work efficiently. Office integration lets you share attachments right from OneDrive, access contacts, and view LinkedIn profiles.
Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac
MacBook Pro Touch Bar is fully supported by Microsoft Outlook. Switch between Mail and Calendar with just a tap of the Touch Bar. Another tap and you're opening a new meeting invite. Go easy on your eyes with Dark Mode. Outlook makes it focus on your inbox and calendar in low-light environments by supporting Dark Mode for macOS Mojave.
Quickly connect and share
Keep key contacts front and center to stay connected. Know organization hierarchies and who people work with to help get things done. @mention people in your company for quicker collaboration.
Security you can trust
Get peace of mind with enterprise-grade security trusted by many of the world’s largest organizations. Outlook works around the clock to protect your confidential information without getting in your way.
Intelligence that works for you
Outlook anticipates your needs. Travel and bill payments are automatically added to your calendar, and intelligent reminders help keep you on track. Search helps you find information quickly.
Works with your email provider
Outlook for Mac works with Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Outlook.com (including Hotmail and MSN), Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and iCloud
Learn more about Office 365
Office 365 is a cloud-based subscription service that brings together premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneDrive, with the best tools for the way people work today. Please visit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2015120 for information on Licensing Terms.
Unlock the full Microsoft Office experience with a qualifying Office 365 subscription for your phone, tablet, PC, and Mac.
Office 365 annual subscriptions purchased from the app will be charged to your App Store account and will automatically renew within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless auto-renewal is disabled beforehand. You can manage your subscriptions in your App Store account settings.
This app is provided by either Microsoft or a third-party app publisher and is subject to a separate privacy statement and terms and conditions. Data provided through the use of this store and this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the third-party app publisher, as applicable, and transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or any other country where Microsoft or the app publisher and their affiliates or service providers maintain facilities.
Please refer to the Microsoft Software License Terms for Microsoft Office. See “License Agreement” link under Information. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions.
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Outlook and Mac Birthday Sync Issues - always 1 day off
I’m having an issue sync issues with Outlook on my Mac and my other apple devices (iPhone and iPad). Email and Calendars all are fine. The issue is birthdays and anniversaries do not sync and in fact area always 1 day off. Regardless of if I start the contact birthdate in Outlook or on an IOS device once Outlook syncs the dates change by 1 day on the devices. This was not occurring on my Outlook on a PC and only started with Outlook on the Mac. I’d checked all the time zones on the 3 devices and all is fine. I’ve spent hours tying to fix. I hope there is a solution as I’d like to use Outlook but if this continues I will be forced to goto Apple contacts and calendars.
I went through Outlook support and after a lot of back and forth and testing I got the following final feedback (with no resolution): 'So, the above test which you performed proves that the interaction of an OS X client causes this behavior and since this can be seen over OWA as well, I tried researching over this and found out that its a server side bug which is the cause of this issue and when interacting with OS X clients and Outlook for Mac is nowhere playing any role here and instead show you the details or information available in OWA.'
I went through Outlook support and after a lot of back and forth and testing I got the following final feedback (with no resolution): 'So, the above test which you performed proves that the interaction of an OS X client causes this behavior and since this can be seen over OWA as well, I tried researching over this and found out that its a server side bug which is the cause of this issue and when interacting with OS X clients and Outlook for Mac is nowhere playing any role here and instead show you the details or information available in OWA.'
This app has Issues with 360 account that need to be addressed.
Tried using this app to avoind always using my internet browser. Not because I’m a fan of Microsoft product but because my current job pays for outlook 365. Lasted less than two days. First day, install the app have no issues with it. Second day, app keeps sending push-up notifications indicating that it needs access to my email password on key chain. I put the password and allow to always have access but it keeps doing the same and I can’t see my email anymore while using the app. Contacted IT support from my workplace and they said that that was happening to the versions installed in 2016, I follow the steps as described and still can’t get access to my email. Ended up going back to using the browser in deleting the app. Whenever these app developers decide to make products that actually work with their own paid email, then I’ll consider using it again. Lucky for them I don’t have a choice in selecting email companies, if not it would be different story.
Outlook reminds me why I left Windows
I have to use outlook for work, which is part of what makes this so frustrating. I can't move to something else. The app is klunky, sync issues, poor design (hard to view outlook calender and my email at the same time...... something I have to do for nearly email I send) Also the app runs like a virus. If you're offline and heaven forbid you forget to turn off outlook...... you pops up over and over and will not close until you go into activity monitor and force quit it. so annoying. also the seperate notifications pop the happens.... no use the notification center just like every other app. Outlook isn't special. AND LET ME CLOSE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS without having to go into the app again. I am literally looking for a new job because I hate using outlook so much. I thought it was the stupid surface pro they forced down our throats but actually its outlook (the surface pro is awful in it's own ways but that is another story.)
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With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.