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Microsoft Office 2016 users complain about bugs, crashes under OS X 10.11 El Capitan update

Well, this is a giant mess. Following the release of Apple’s new OS X 10.11 El Capitan on Wednesday, a number of users have complained of crashes with Office 2016 and the new operating system. “This is beyond the Pale. We basically can’t use Office on our computers,” wrote one user on the longest thread […]

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Microsoft offers subscription-free versions of Office 2016 for Mac, lays out price points

If paying US$7 a month or US$70 a year for an Office 365 subscription to use Office 2016 for Mac isn’t your thing, you can now buy the thing outright. Microsoft is now offering the Home & Student edition for a one-time fee of US$150, and limits users to one Mac and 15 gigabytes of […]

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Microsoft updates Office 2016 for Mac preview

It’s interesting when a company updates the preview version of its application. In short, it means they really hope you buy it once it’s officially released. Microsoft has updated its preview version of Office 2016 for Mac as well as launched two companion apps for iOS, Office Delve and Office 365 Video.

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Microsoft releases Office apps for iOS, now allows basic editing features for free

If you’re going to get your product out there, it never hurts to release a decently functional version of it for free. Per 9to5Mac, Microsoft announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out standalone Office apps for iPhone after releasing the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps exclusively for iPad earlier this year. Microsoft previously had an […]

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Microsoft releases updated Office 365 APIs, iOS SDKs to development community

Not that the competition between Apple and Microsoft will ever truly go away, but this could herald in slightly better relations between the two companies, especially given how long it took Microsoft Office to come to iOS. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Microsoft has released a new series of tools for developers looking to improve […]