Office for Mac 2011 Goes RTM, On Track for October Release

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 13 Sep 2010

Microsoft’s MacBU (Macintosh Business Unit) recently announced that Office for Mac 2011 reached a very important milestone in its development process – Office for Mac 2011 has just reached the RTM (Release to Manufacturing) milestone.

“This means we’ve signed off on final testing and the product is officially getting sent on its way to production and to customers. We’ll be cranking the Microsoft ship siren and celebrating in all of our team locations (Redmond, Microsoft Silicon Valley, Beijing, Dublin and Tokyo), raising a glass to Office 2011!” announced Product Unit Manager on the MacBU team, Geoff Price.

Office for Mac 2011 is scheduled to be released to the masses this October. Two versions of Office for Mac 2011 will be rolled out this October and they will be priced as follows (please note that all prices are US estimated retail prices):

Office for Mac Home and Student 2011
  • $119 for a single install
  • $149 for a Family Pack that includes 3 installs
  • Includes Word for Mac, PowerPoint for Mac, Excel for Mac and Messenger for Mac.

Office for Mac Home and Business 2011
  • $199 for a single install
  • $279 for a Multi-Pack that includes 2 installs
  • Includes Word for Mac, PowerPoint for Mac, Excel for Mac, Outlook for Mac and Messenger for Mac.

Microsoft will also market Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011 for $99 (1 install) at authorized academic stores and online. This version was created for higher education students, staff and faculty; it includes Word for Mac, PowerPoint for Mac, Excel for Mac, Outlook for Mac and Messenger for Mac.

All Office for Mac 2011 versions will be available in 13 languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish and Russian.

The latest iteration of the Microsoft Office productivity suite, on the Windows front, is Office 2010 – this version has been released this June and Microsoft has already touted the 7 reasons why you should try it out.


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