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Word for Mac 2011

Macworld Rating

4.5 out of 5 Mice, Sep 28, 2010

Pros

  • Full parity with Word for Windows
  • The return of VBA
  • Much better, redesigned UI that matches the Windows UI
  • Document formatting is much easier

Cons

  • Likely to be much more than most non-business users need
  • Does not track changes made to images added to documents

Software Details

  • Microsoft
  • 10.01.10
  • Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
  • Intel-only
  • As part of the Home and Business 2011 suite: $199 single license; $279 multi-pack. As part of the Home and Student 2011 suite: $119 single license; $149 family pack. Word only, $119

Macworld's Word for Mac 2011 Coverage

  • Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 Update to Microsoft’s flagship word processing application levels the playing field for Macs in business.
  • Create scary images with free Ghoulish font Ghoulish is a free font designed Canadian art director Gary Pullin, a man who takes unnatural delight in putting the chill into a serif.
  • How to convert PDFs to Word (and other formats) While the PDF file format is a great tool for sharing documents, sometimes you need to use the text. Here are two ways to get text out of a PDF and into your word processor.
  • Five favorite text-selection tips Learn how to go beyond a mere drag or double-click with these more advanced techniques for text selection.
  • Five fundamental text-selection tips Some few of us are perfect writers and typists. The rest of us have to go back and select text to change it. And we do it a lot. A few tricks for making text selection a easier can save loads of time. Here are five you should know.
  • How to create custom toolbars for Microsoft Word 2011 You can make Word 2011's toolbars contain the commands you really use, some of which may be deeply buried in menus. Here’s how to customize your Word 2011 toolbars to fit the way you work.
  • Mail merge and Office 2011 How to create mail merge documents with Office 2011.
  • Transfer Word custom keyboard shortcuts You've created a load of custom keyboard shortcuts for Word 2011 and would like to transfer them to another Mac running Word. Here's how.
  • Archiving e-mail messages as text files A reader seeks a way to easily move portions of e-mail messages into a word processing documents. Here are a variety of solutions for your consideration.
  • Office apps showdown: Word processors Which word processor is best: Word 2011, iWork '09, or Google Docs? Jeffery Battersby used all three to create a typical business report; here's how he'd rank them.
  • The iPad office suite If you or your employees use iPads for work, here are the productivity apps that you should install on them
  • Perfect printing with PowerPoint 2011 Printing conventions in PowerPoint 2011 are fairly straightforward, but don't forget to set up your document first.
  • Painless tattoos with Pages ‘09 Looking for some memorable holiday fun at your next party? Try temporary tattoos. It's easy with Pages '09, a Mac, and the inkjet printer of your choice.
  • Peruse your printing options in Microsoft Word 2011 The printer dialog for Microsoft Word is not always intuitive. Jeff Battersby helps us work our way through the Microsoft Word 2011 print dialog box.
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