

That's largely in part because the Ribbon has been redone, and now looks and works as it does in the Windows version of Office. It's less cluttered, cleaner and sleeker-looking, more logically organized, more colorful and simpler to use. The moment you run any Office application, you know you've left the aging Office 2011 behind. It will sell as a standalone Mac product later this month.) It’s currently only available as part of a subscription to Office 365, which allows you to install Office on multiple devices. (Note: Mac for Office 2016 requires Yosemite OS X or better. Office 2016 for Mac sports a far better interface than Office 2011, integrates well with Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage and dramatically improves Outlook. But Mac owners had to wait until early July for the final release of the full suite, including the core applications Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Hints of what the new Office would offer have been out for quite a while, notably the preview of Outlook, introduced in October 2014. If you want to try out the Outlook for Mac Preview, you can download it here.Mac users of Office who have felt left out in the cold by Microsoft (because the last version, Office 2011 for Mac, was released in October 2010) now have reason to be pleased: The final version of Office 2016 for Mac brings the suite out of the dark ages and into the modern world.

In Microsoft's announcement, under "What if I don't use Outlook for Mac", the company answers itself with, "This preview is for you!" So, to be clear, this is not for the Office enthusiasts that are likely already on the Insider Program this is for users that don't even use the app. Once the program ends, you won't be able to use the app anymore. You'll get the latest build of the application, where the company hopes that you will test it out with your Google account. It's also open to absolutely everyone until June 30, 2017. Also, you would have the entire Office suite installed, and this is a standalone Preview of Outlook 2016 for Mac. To be clear, this is different from the Office Insider Program, which requires an Office 365 subscription. The firm says that it still needs additional feedback though, so today, it announced the Outlook for Mac Preview. Last month, Microsoft added support for Google calendars and contacts to Outlook 2016 for Office Insiders.
