MICROSOFT OFFICE FOR MAC 2011 MULTIPLE COMPUTERS WINDOWS
In a telephone interview last year, Kirk Koenigsbauer, general manager for the Office Business Platform Group, said that Microsoft received "tremendous support for the Ribbon UI.This common navigational element makes it much easier to navigate multiple programs." Koenigsbauer made the statement after Microsoft rolled out its various 2010 product betas, including Office 2010, the Windows version of Office that is expected to be generally available in June. "I think the jury is still out on the ribbon interface, but at the time it was introduced, there were few alternatives, so people have had to adjust to it." "Any time you change a user interface, there will be users who are disrupted," said Sheri McLeish, an analyst at Forrester Research, in a telephone interview. It has elicited mixed reactions among users. The sometimes maligned ribbon interface was introduced in Office 2007 and now is incorporated in a variety of Microsoft offerings.
Microsoft's announcement did not specify exactly when Office for Mac 2011 will be generally available.
In addition to the ribbon UI, Office for Mac 2011 will have a bevy of new Windows Office-like features and functionality, including co-authoring tools, Office Web Apps and "Outlook for Mac," which replaces Entourage. Microsoft provided fresh details about Office for Mac 2011 in conjunction with Macworld 2010, which is happening this week in San Francisco.
Microsoft's controversial "ribbon" user interface will be coming to the Apple Macintosh platform when Office for Mac 2011 arrives sometime this year.
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