Microsoft has announced the release of the preliminary version of the office suite Office 2016 for the Mac. The new Office for Mac is the first major upgrade package Microsoft Office applications on the platform OS X since the release version of Office 2011. The new version of the program includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook, and also brings a lot of new features, including support for high-resolution displays Retina and full-screen applications. The main focus of her made on standardization and better integration with cloud-based service OneDrive.

Office suite Office 2016 for Mac has inherited many elements from the version of Office for Windows, and mobile client applications Office, which debuted last year. Updates to the tape, which is a new arranges tools and formatting functions, completely redesigned user interface based on the latest functionality of computers Mac, new themes and styles. There is even a new design theme in the spirit of Yosemite, which to the best advantage of features such as support for full-screen applications, OS X.


Improvements and fixes

• This update provides the following fixes and improvements.
  

Word

• You can now export a document to the OpenDocument Text (.odt) format.
  
• Add any command you want to the ribbon. (Office 365 subscribers only.)
  
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar to fit your workflow.
  

PowerPoint

• You can now export a presentation to the OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) format.
  
• Add any command you want to the ribbon. (Office 365 subscribers only.)
  
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar to fit your workflow.
  
• You can export a presentation to a video and you can burn it to a disc, upload it to the web, or send it in email messages.
  

Excel

• You can now export a spreadsheet to the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) format.
  
• Add any command you want to the ribbon. (Office 365 subscribers only.)
  
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar to fit your workflow.
  

Outlook

• Fix: The primary cause for CPU spikes that were affecting some users in 15.22.
  
• Based on customer feedback, we have reintroduced the "Edit Message" feature.
  
• Fix: AutoCorrect preferences issue.
  
• Calendar color and overlay toggles are now included in the menu.
  
• Fix: Several crash and freeze issues.
  

• Mac computer with an Intel processor
  
• Mac OS X version 10.10 or later
  
• Recommended 1 GB of RAM
  
• 5,62 GB of free hard disk space
  
• Hard disk formatting such as HFS + (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
  
• A monitor with 1280x800 resolution or higher
  
• Recommended Safari 7