Microsoft Office 2016 for the Mac is the kind of upgrade I hope for but rarely get. It took five years from Office 2011's release to get this latest Mac office suite, but it was well worth the wait. Mar 8, 2017 - Just open Pages, Numbers, or Keynote and select [Program Name] > Preferences from the menu bar. On the General tab of the Preferences window, find the option labeled For New Documents and select Use template: Blank.

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The Windows version of Microsoft Office has always been the gold standard for office suites, as far as features are concerned. Office exists on other platforms too, like the Mac—but those versions are missing some products and features. RELATED: Microsoft recently announced a. Check out that link for a detailed list of updates, but the big stuff includes bringing some long overdue features to the macOS version, like collaborative real-time editing, automatic saving of documents stored in the cloud, and Google Calendar and Contacts support in Outlook (finally). That said, there are still features (and entire apps) that you might miss out on if you’re working with the Mac version. If you’re switching between Windows and Mac (maybe using one at the office and one at home), or maybe thinking of moving from Windows to Mac, it’s worth comparing the available features in the two versions.

The big question is do you need to or just so that you can run the Windows version of Office, or can you get by with just buying the Mac version (or, better, using one of the installations that comes with your )? What Products Are Missing from the Microsoft Office Mac Suite? RELATED: Microsoft sells Office for Windows in various editions. Almost all editions come with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.

Depending on the edition you buy, you might also get apps like Outlook, Publisher, and Access. If you’re using a Mac, though, there are couple of Office apps (and Office-related apps) that you just can’t get: • Publisher: Publisher is an entry-level desktop publishing app, aimed mostly at home users. There’s no Mac version. While you can easily find comparable apps for macOS, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to bring your Publisher files from the Windows version across very well—at least not without having to work them back into shape.

• Access: Access is a relational database management system that comes with the Professional editions of Office for Windows. You can’t get Access on the Mac, so if you (or your company) works with Access databases, you’re out of luck. And while we’re on the subject, there are also a couple of higher end “Office-adjacent” apps that aren’t available on macOS: • Visio: Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics app that lets you visualize complex information in the form of diagrams, graphs, flowcharts, and other forms. There’s no Mac version, so if you need it for work, you’ll need access to Windows. • Project: Project is a project management app that hooks into a company’s Outlook and Exchange Server setup.

It lets project managers develop project schedules, create and assign tasks and resources, and manage it all with real-time input from people’s calendars. There’s no Mac version. If you really need any of the specific apps we’ve listed here, you’re going to need run Windows and the Windows version of Office. What Features Are Missing from the Mac Versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote? So what about the core Office apps that are available on the Mac?

While there are a number of very small features missing (stuff that affects very few people), most of the features you find in the Windows versions are present in the macOS versions. Here are the main things you’ll miss out on, though. Suite-Wide There are a couple of fairly big features that, while not missing entirely from the Office suite for Mac, are not quite up to their Windows counterparts: • Visual Basic: Visual Basic integration lets you in your Office documents. While macro support is included in Office on macOS, that support is not quite as fully featured as it is in the Windows version. If you make extensive use of macros, or use complicated macros, you should expect that some won’t work.

• SharePoint Integration: SharePoint is an intranet product used to share files, distribute news, and streamline collaboration on projects. If you’re using a Mac and connecting to your company’s SharePoint servers, you might find that some aspects of SharePoint are not as well-supported as they are in the Windows version of Office. There are, of course, some other missing suite-wide features, but they really pertain to installations that are part of a company network. For example, roaming (the ability to use Office on different computers and have your configuration follow you) is not available for macOS. However, if your system is part of a company network, these things have likely been thought out in advance. Word Key features of Word that are missing from the macOS version include: • Open and Repair: While the Mac version of Word can attempt to, it doesn’t have the specific Open and Repair command featured in the Windows version. This makes it harder to recover files that Word might not recognize as Word documents.