subject: Special Features in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 [print this page] Special Features in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
The Software Giant has gone beyond its own limits to include some real endearing and appealing features in the Microsoft Office Mac for 2011. The first one and the most striking of all is Outlook Integration, where the end user stays in touch and in sync. Access to email, calendars, contacts and tasks all become an easy thing to do and multiple email threads ought to be integrated into one single view. This implies that all inboxes can be looked at from a single view. You virtually get to manage your workload from almost anywhere.
The Windows Live SkyDrive is a very exciting feature in the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. It allows end users to store and edit documents and presentations online without spending a dime. Eventually, the end user can use Office Web Applications to gain access to those documents from anywhere in the world. All you do is sign into SkyDrive.com and see things unfold.
You get to co-author documents and virtually collaborate with anyone out there. Either you proceed with things in real time or do the same by adding audio and video chats to the scheme of things. Since you have the compatibility, you can choose your own way.
The Ribbon feature in the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 allows you to put the most commonly used commands at your fingertip. You get to discover many advanced options which invariably alter to match the application and function you are in. The user interface remains identical as well.
The Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 presents a visual spectacle in the form of the template gallery. The tool makes it effortless to produce consistent and great looking documents. All the templates appear in a large format, letting the end user see graphics, layouts, fonts etc. at a glance. You even get to edit in the gallery and create clusters of customized documents.
Viewing and editing photographs becomes a piece of cake with the help of the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. The tool gives you a full suite of social media options, an in-document photo finisher, colour correction options, background removal options etc. best, you get to block all the other options and view the same full screen.
Multiple slide shows can be broadcasted concurrently and shown to people sitting in different parts of the world at the same time. Evidence of enhanced communication, you get to reduce travel costs keeping the start up time at its minimal best. Also, no special software is required to proceed with the same.
Time can be saved by automating tasks and making the same repetitive through MS Office tools like Word, Power Point, Excel etc. A new addition to this would include IntelliSense, which makes use of auto completion for putting in the symbol names typed in by the programmer. Documents can eventually be coded well.
These are some of the flagship features included by Microsoft in their Mac 2011 launch. They look good, seem good and feel good. All you ought to do is get down to business and start using them.
