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Office for Mac Integration and Support
Progent's Apple macOS and OS X experts can assist you to configure Office 365 for Mac on a cross-platform network so that Mac users are able to take advantage of the powerful features in Microsoft Word, Office Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for Mac to share data and peripherals with colleagues who use Microsoft Windows-based systems. Progent can also help you to evaluate the benefits of moving to Microsoft Office 365 for Mac from a prior version of Office for Mac and assist you to plan and carry out an efficient migration strategy. Progent provides consulting support for all programs supplied with Office 365 for Mac and Office 2016 for Mac including:
- Word for Mac
Office 365 Word for Mac and Word for Mac 2016 feature a new Design Tab that provides immediate access to design elements and makes it easy to manage layout, colors and typography throughout a Word document. A new Insights Pane automatically searches for and displays relevant information from the web to deliver rich context for authors and readers. Another new feature is threaded comments, which facilitates collaboration by tracking conversations and displaying them adjacent to the associated text. Enhancements include easier tools for inviting colleagues to review and edit documents, concurrent coauthoring of documents, and more powerful Mail Merge capabilities that utilize Word, Excel and Outlook. As with current versions of Office Excel and PowerPoint for Mac, Office 365 Word for Mac lets you to navigate documents with familiar Multi-Touch gestures.
Office 365 Word for Mac streamlines layout management and teamwork Word for Mac 2011 includes enhancements in the areas of viewing, template management, desktop publishing, graphics editing, typography, search, collaboration, and programmability. The new Focus View feature allows you to remove distracting elements to increase the screen area dedicated to viewing your document. The Word Document Gallery simplifies access to standard and customized templates as well as recent documents. Improved publishing capabilities include a better Publishing Layout view, the ability to reorder layers dynamically, and additional graphic editing features including background removal.
Microsoft Word for Mac 2008 introduced an improved user interface that has a customizable toolbar and introduced a rudimentary desktop publishing toolset via the Publishing Layout View that provides increased control over positioning of words and graphics and enables you to chain text overflow from one area to any text box on any page. Other features built into Microsoft Word for Mac 2008 include OpenType ligatures for more professional-looking type, and reference utilities that support a variety of citation formats. Word for Mac 2008 supports AppleScript but doesn't support VBasic for Applications. Progent's Mac consultants can assist your business to evaluate if this limitation should affect your decision to upgrade to Word for Mac 2011.
Word for Mac 2004 introduced a Notebook View that enables you to flag important entries, search for specified words and phrases, and record time-stamped voice recordings into your notes as you type. The Track Changes tool makes it more efficient to trace edits and enables you to accept or ignore changes from the comment balloons. Reference Utilities permit you to refer to a dictionary or a thesaurus directly from the Office Toolbox, although there is also a link to Microsoft's discontinued Encarta web encyclopedia. The Navigation Pane allows you to scan through your work using the improved map and thumbnail view.
- Excel for Mac
Office 365 Excel for Mac and Excel for Mac 2016 introduce PivotTable Slicers to allow you to discover patterns hidden in massive volumes of data. A new add-on, the Analysis Toolpak, facilitates sophisticated statistical and engineering analyses. Compatibility with PC versions of Excel is enhanced with support for familiar keyboard shortcuts and for the majority of the functions included with Excel 2013 for Windows. Other improvements include an enhanced Formula Builder Pane and the ability to print to a single PDF file.
Office 365 Excel for Mac improves interchangeability with PC spreadsheets Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 includes enhancements in the areas of data analysis and charting, speed, graphics editing, programmability, data protection, and sharing. The new Sparklines feature provides an immediate visual summary of Excel data by means of miniature charts that are displayed within a spreadsheet cell next to the summarized data. Conditional Formatting has been improved to make it simpler to format data with icon libraries, data bars, and color scales. You can now sort and filter data by color and use multiple- select filters and new fast filtering tools. Tables (before called Lists) allow you to create multiple groups of associated information for efficient editing and analysis.
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 PivotTables have enhanced speed and closer compatibility with Windows versions of Office Excel. New and enhanced editing capabilities and SmartArt images permit you to make polished-looking images/ without the use of outside photo-editing software. As with Office Word for Mac 2011, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) support has returned, enhancing compatibility with Office Excel for Windows and offering new capabilities including IntelliSense, watch windows, and a new VBA debugging utility. You can manage access to Excel workbooks via Information Rights Management and share secure workbooks across platforms. To enhance sharing, Office Excel for Mac 2011 allows you to produce cross-platform workbooks and transfer dates between workbooks without having to distinguish between 1900 vs. 1904 date systems.
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2008 manages the same number of cells as the Windows version of Excel and includes the Formula Builder for streamlining the creation of complicated calculations. Microsoft Excel for Mac 2008 also comes with an Elements Gallery with templates for common tasks such as payroll. Just like the 2008 edition of Word for Mac, Excel for Mac 2008 doesn't work with Visual Basic for Applications. Progent's OS X consultants can help your business to determine if this restriction justifies an upgrade to Office for Mac 2011.
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2004 introduced a Page View that enables you to read and edit on screen in WYSIWYG mode, conveniently scale data to fit the right number of pages, and insert headers and footers with a click. Charting improvements provide new color schemes and allow you to utilize the Formatting Palette for instantly revising your chart class, content, colors, typography, and effects. Smart Buttons permit you to find and fix spreadsheet formula errors and control how AutoFill formats your content. Additional tools permit you to see the proper usage for over 140 functions, and to click and drag to change ranges with the updated Range Finder. XML file support permits you to use XML to collaborate on data.
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac
Office 365 PowerPoint for Mac and PowerPoint for Mac 2016 include the new Theme Variants feature that makes it easy to change the style of a presentation by altering the color scheme. As with current editions of Office Word for Mac, a new Threaded Comments feature promotes teamwork by showing complete conversations next to associated content. Teamwork is also enhanced with extensive coauthoring support. An enhanced Presenter View shows the speaker the current and next slide, presentation notes, and a timer while showing the audience just the projection of the current slide. An improved Animation Pane facilitates designing and editing professional-looking animations, and an improved Conflict Resolution View shows alternative edits to help you to choose which versions to retain.
Office 365 PowerPoint for Mac makes it easier to create and deliver pro-quality presentations PowerPoint for Mac 2011 includes new and improved functionality in the areas of template organization and customization, picture editing, movie support, transitions, layer and slide control, timing, sharing, security, search, performance, and programmability. PowerPoint's Media Browser allows easy access to a broad range of media sources such as Apple iPhoto albums, iTunes playlists, and iMovie libraries as well as Clip Art and other graphical data. The Presentation Presentation Gallery streamlines control of built-in and specialized templates as well as recently opened shows. New image editing capabilities include a background deletion tool plus tools for touchup, color, and trimming. You can also embed and format videos from inside PowerPoint for Mac to make them an integral part of a presentation, making it simpler to distribute and manage sophisticated presentations. You can also include 3-dimensional slide transitions and have access to an expanded collection of animation effects, extensible themes, enhanced chart tools, and additional SmartArt graphics with new sets of org charts and picture diagrams.
PowerPoint for Mac 2008 includes Smart Art graphics for easily turning bulleted lists into a variety of diagrams. The Object Palette in the Toolbox consolidates formatting options for quick updating. A slider makes it simple to alter the size of elements. A command for exporting to Apple's iPhoto allows you to view presentations with an Apple iPod or iPad. PowerPoint for Mac 2008 also works with an Apple Remote,
PowerPoint for Mac 2004 includes Presenter Tools that enable you to keep your presentation well timed and let you make real-time changes using the controls displayed in the presenter's window. Custom animation and transitions permit you to make more engaging slide shows. The font formatting dialog box gives you increased precision in selecting typography options such as positioning, style, and opacity.
- Microsoft Outlook for Mac and Entourage
Office 365 Outlook for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2016 include important new features like support for push email to keep your inbox current, online archiving to free up mailbox space, the ability to propose a new meeting time in response to a meeting invitation, and the ability to see multiple calendars concurrently. Also, navigation has been modernized for moving between Mail, Calendar, People, Tasks, and Notes. Other improvements include the convenient display of message threads in your inbox plus message preview to help you determine quickly how to deal with new emails. With an Office 365 subscription, Full Screen Mode allows you to have several open messages or to operate two instances of Outlook in split-screen view.
Office 365 Outlook for Mac allows side-by-side calendars to simplify scheduling Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac 2011 replaces Entourage and has been redesigned to provide significant enhancements in the areas of usability, calendar management, backup and restore, search, Windows compatibility, collaboration, performance, voice and video conferencing, voice mail, mobility support, Instant Messaging, and presence. The Outlook 2011 for Mac database for email, contact information, and calendars is now saved in separate text files, making them simpler to control. Outlook for Mac is also Spotlight searchable and able to be backed up and recovered with Time Machine. Setting up accounts has been streamlined so you can easily add either Exchange-based accounts or accounts from major email services including Gmail, Hotmail, Apple MobileMe, Yahoo!, Windows Live, and AOL.
Microsoft Outlook for Mac now automatically puts your email, drafts, sent mail and erased messages for each of your mailboxes in unified folders so you don't have to check individual accounts and folders. The Conversations feature automatically groups related messages to save time tracking and managing threads. The Quick Look function allows you to preview single or multiple file attachments including Microsoft Office or PDF files, photos, and videos. The Contacts Search panel allows you to search your contacts from within any Outlook view by entering any item in any contact field.
To support moving from Windows to OS X, Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac now allows you to import Windows .PST files without third-party tools. For improved collaboration, Office Outlook for Mac can stack shared calendars so you can quickly detect conflicts. You can also assign more than one category to an event. With Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac can transform voice mail to readable text messages and add them to your inbox to save time going through the process of checking voice messages. New support offline address books gives mobile users 24x7 access to vital contact information. Running Microsoft Messenger for Mac 8 or Microsoft Communications Server with Microsoft Communicator for Mac 2011, you can see presence data in the Contact Card and initiate IM, a voice or video conference, or a voice call from within Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac.
Microsoft Entourage 2008 features an Out of Office assistant that permits you to customize out-of-office notices based on who receives it. In comparison with Microsoft Entourage 2004, Entourage 2008 provides improved defense against junk mail and phishing and offers To Do notes that can be read via the My Day utility, which allows you to see your day's events and To Do List on your desktop. Entourage for Mac 2008 also features closer integration with Exchange Server and offers more powerful calendaring functions. Progent's Entourage 2008 specialists and Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac consultants can assist you to enhance your Mac email system to work transparently with Microsoft Exchange Server so that you can team up with fellow workers using Outlook.
Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2004 makes it easy for people to handle messages, contacts, calendars, notes, and documents from a single location. Entourage 2004 can connect to email using IMAP protocol, POP, and WebDAV. Entourage for Mac 2004 facilitates collaboration between Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows users by permitting workers to connect to their accounts on Exchange Server to handle email, look through Exchange's global address list (GAL), sync schedules and addresses, and set up conferences. Progent can assist you to support your Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2004 environment or migrate efficiently to Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac.
Additional Components of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
Office for Mac 2011 provides additional utilities to help you to create, organize, and distribute information productively. Additional Office for Mac 2011 tools that Progent can help you to integrate and maintain include:
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac 8 is part of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 and is integrated into Word for Mac, Office PowerPoint, and Outlook to support Instant Messaging, presence, file sharing, plus voice and video conferencing. Features include the ability to send messages to any computing device set up with MSN Mobile; the ability of as many as 15 participants to join in a conversation; IM and presence blocking based on allowed, blocked, or unfamiliar status; the ability to share, view and comment on photos and text; emoticon support; and customizable display pictures. Microsoft Messenger for Mac users must have a Windows Live ID account.
- Remote Desktop Connection for Mac 2, included in Office for Mac 2011 and intended for use with OS X Snow Leopard or Leopard, offers simultaneous access to multiple remote Windows-powered PCs or to a remote server session to run hosted applications and access files. Using Remote Desktop Connection you can print from within Microsoft Windows applications to any Mac-accessible printer. An advanced desktop protocol enhances performance and compatibility with Microsoft Windows 7 and an auto-reconnect feature recovers a session in case the network connection is lost. Network Level Authentication (NLA) improves security by authenticating users before allowing a full Remote Desktop Connection. To learn more about Remote Desktop Connection and about how Progent can assist you to set up and maintain a system for driving Windows-based computers from a Mac, see Remote Desktop Connection consulting.
- Web Apps are companions to Office for Mac Word, Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook 2011 that enable you to utilize any full-featured web browser on almost any computer or smartphone to display, exchange, and edit documents and files held remotely on Windows Live SkyDrive or on a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 web site. This allows platform-independent collaboration and supports mobile users. For business use, Web Apps require Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. Security enhancements for Office Web Apps 2011 include DEP protection, Office file authentication to protect against fuzzing exploits, additional file block settings, and the ability to create a locked-view sandbox solution. To learn how Progent's Microsoft-certified SharePoint experts can assist you to build and maintain a Microsoft SharePoint web site to work with Web Apps for Mac Word, Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook 2011 for collaboration from any computer, visit SharePoint integration services.
- Microsoft Lync for Mac takes the place of Communicator for Mac as the enterprise-grade IM, rich presence, video conferencing and voice client included with Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. Real-time presence data can be based on calendar data, login status, or established by the user. Lync for Mac works in tandem with either Microsoft Lync Online or Lync Server 2010, which has replaced Office Communications Server and Microsoft Live Communications Server. Microsoft Lync technology allows users to invite contacts to attend conference calls or initiate a conference directly from Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 or Microsoft Lync for Mac. Advanced conferencing capabilities include desktop sharing. For details about Lync Server 2010's capabilities and the consulting offered by Progent's Lync technology specialists, see Lync Consulting.
How Progent's Consultants Can Help You with Office for Mac
Progent's Microsoft-expert support professionals, Cisco-Premier network experts, and macOS and OS X support professionals can help you to incorporate your Apple Mac computers and software into a dependable and protected IT network, set up your Microsoft Exchange Server to work with the collaborative capabilities of Outlook for Mac, and offer Mac Education for Microsoft Office for Mac Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Progent can also provide a wide range of Exchange support services including system design and integration, troubleshooting, security, remote connectivity, performance optimization, fault tolerance, plus spam and Virus protection and email encryption.
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