Office for Mac Home and Business Multi-Pack Edition 2011 (Mac)

Work the way you want, where you want

With over 1 billion PCs and Macs running Office, Microsoft Office is the most-trusted and most-used productivity suite around the world. And Office for Mac 2011 is here to help you do more with your Mac on your terms. Use Word to create dynamic papers, Excel to format your data quickly, PowerPoint® to help engage your audience and take your ideas further, and Outlook to stay close to your contacts and calendars. And since Office for Mac is compatible with Office for Windows, you can work on documents with virtually anyone on a Mac or PC. It’s the easiest way to create, share, and access your documents from almost anywhere.

Outlook for Mac 2011: View your calendar within your e-mail and see your schedule displayed within a meeting invitation.

Word for Mac 2011: Create visually rich newsletters, brochures, and documents in Publishing Layout view.

Excel for Mac 2011: Spot trends with new Sparklines, small charts that fit in a single cell.

PowerPoint for Mac 2011: Move beyond the conference room and broadcast your presentations online.

What’s New and Improved

• Outlook for Mac: Keeps you connected to e-mail, schedules, calendars, to-do lists, and contacts
• Ribbon: Access favorite commands quickly, and personalize your workspace
• Office Web Apps*: Post, edit, and share files from virtually anywhere
• Coauthoring: Simultaneously edit a file with authors in multiple locations
• Template Gallery: Visually select the perfect template for your next project
• Photo Editing: Remove backgrounds or add color filters right within PowerPoint
• Full Screen View: Use full screen to maximize space for reading and writing
• Presentation Broadcast: Broadcast a presentation instantly online, even to people without PowerPoint
• Improved Publishing Layout View: Create visually rich newsletters, brochures, and documents easily
• Sparklines: Create small charts in a single cell to discover patterns in your data
• Visual Basic Support: Automate repetitive tasks by programming your favorite commands
• Dynamic Reordering: Rearrange layers of text, photos, and graphics quickly

* Requires a Windows Live® ID, internet connection and supported browser.

Included Programs and Top Features

Microsoft Office for Mac adds rich new features to the familiar Office applications you already know, helping you to manage your home and business the way you want. Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 includes:

Outlook for Mac 2011

Manage your email and calendars with features that simplify staying connected and up to date.

• Clean up your inbox by collapsing long email threads into a single conversations
• View your calendar within your e-mail and see your schedule displayed within a meeting invitation
• Easily import your Outlook .pst files when you set up your new Mac
• Consolidate e-mail from multiple accounts into a single folder
• Manage your schedule and contacts without opening Outlook
• Review your attachments with Quick Look, archive your files with Time Machine, and use Spotlight to search your e-mail

Word for Mac 2011

Powerful writing tools help you create outstanding documents, then store, edit, and share your work easily on the web.

• Create visually rich newsletters, brochures, and documents in Publishing Layout view
• Instantly see styles applied in your document with Visual Styles
• Work in Full Screen view to maximize space for reading and writing documents
• Rearrange layers of text, photos, and graphics quickly with Dynamic Reordering
• View, edit, store, and share documents online with the Word Web App on Windows Live SkyDrive*
• Share and coauthor Word documents with virtually anyone, whether they’re using Office on a Mac or PC

Excel for Mac 2011

Clarify your financial picture with easy-to-analyze spreadsheets you can post online to view, edit, share, or coauthor with your team from virtually anywhere.

• Clarify your data using Conditional Formatting with icons, data bars, and color scales
• Spot trends with new Sparklines, small charts that fit in a single cell
• Spend more time analyzing data and less time sifting through it with PivotTables
• Organize, filter, and format related data with Excel tables
• Increase efficiency and save time by automating repetitive tasks using Visual Basic
• View, edit, store, and share spreadsheets online with the Excel Web App on Windows Live SkyDrive*
• Share and coauthor Excel spreadsheets with virtually anyone, whether they’re using Office on a Mac or PC

PowerPoint for Mac 2011

Create powerful, professional presentations that engage and inspire your audience, and present online as effectively as in person.

• Remove backgrounds or add color filters to your photos right within PowerPoint
• Move beyond the conference room and broadcast your presentations online
• Rearrange layers of text, photos, and graphics quickly with Dynamic Reordering
• Rehearse, check your timing, and take notes in Presenter View
• View, edit, store, and share Office documents online with the PowerPoint Web App on Windows Live® SkyDrive*
• Share and coauthor PowerPoint presentations with virtually anyone, whether they’re using Office on a Mac or PC

* Requires a Windows Live® ID, internet connection and supported browser.

System Requirements

To run Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011, your computer must meet the following system requirements:

• A Mac computer with an Intel processor
• Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later
• 1 GB of RAM recommended
• 2.5 GB of available hard disk space
• HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
• DVD drive or connection to a local area network (if installing over a network)
• 1280 x 800 or higher resolution monitor

Additional items or services are required to use some features

• Certain online functionality requires a Windows Live ID
• Certain features require Internet access (fees may apply)
• Outlook and certain features require Internet access (fees may apply)
• Exchange support in Outlook 2011 requires connectivity to Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1 RU4 or later
• Access to files stored on a SharePoint server requires connectivity to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or later
• Coauthoring requires SharePoint 2010 or a Windows Live ID