The return of VBA scripting means complex documents with special forms, macros, and other features from Windows colleagues will be completely accessible.

Office 2011 users and Office 2010 users on Windows can simultaneously edit documents from any location with an Internet connection.

Outlook 2011 is engineered to connect with Microsoft's Exchange enterprise e-mail servers, so Mac users in corporate environments will most appreciate the change.Īdditionally, Office 2011 supports Microsoft's online collaboration tools such as Windows Live SkyDrive, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Office Web Apps. In addition to Word, Excel, and Powerpoint-essentially the standards for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations in the business world-Office 2011 also includes a brand new version of Outlook, the combination e-mail, calendar, and contact management application. The update to the ubiquitous productivity suite includes a number of major additions, including the return of Visual Basic scripting, the replacement of Entourage with a Mac version of Outlook, and integration with Microsoft's online collaboration tools. Microsoft announced Tuesday that Office 2011 for Mac is now available.