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Adam Engst 24 comments

Microsoft Word Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary

One of the longest-standing Mac apps is also one of the most popular to this day—Microsoft Word. It has been a fixture in the Mac world for 40 years now.

Adam Engst 63 comments

The 46 Mac Apps I Actually Use and Why

What third-party apps would you install on a clean Mac to restore your preferred working environment? Adam Engst recently had the opportunity to learn just what apps he really uses—here’s the list.

Josh Centers 40 comments

Five Solutions for Pasting Plain Text on a Mac

Most of the time, when you copy and paste text, the original formatting is carried over. We explore a handful of methods for stripping unwanted formatting so you get just the text.

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.57 Agen Schmitz 6 comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.57

Brings full support for M1-based Macs to Excel. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update, macOS 10.14+)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.54 Agen Schmitz 2 comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.54

Brings a more modern commenting experience to Word. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update, macOS 10.14+)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.50 Agen Schmitz No comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.50

Enables co-authoring and AutoSave on Microsoft Information Protection-encrypted documents. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update, macOS 10.14+)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.49 Agen Schmitz 2 comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.49

Brings a refreshed look to the office suite, plus improvements to Outlook and Teams. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update, macOS 10.14+)

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Microsoft Office for Mac 16.47

Monthly update brings a smattering of improvements to Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.46 Agen Schmitz 1 comment

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.46

Monthly maintenance update for the productivity suite enables government customers to apply sensitivity labels. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.43 Agen Schmitz No comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.43

Monthly maintenance update for the productivity suite, with details on the October update's release of the refreshed Outlook app. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.40 Agen Schmitz No comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.40

Adds the new Sheet View in Excel so you can filter and sort without disrupting what others see. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.39 Agen Schmitz No comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.39

Adds support for animated GIFs to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.38 Agen Schmitz 4 comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.38

Adds the new Data from Picture feature to Excel for creating table data from images. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.37 Agen Schmitz 5 comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.37

Adds a new way to search for commands and help in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update)

Adam Engst 61 comments

How Many Spaces at the End of a Sentence? Microsoft Weighs In

Debate has raged for decades about how many spaces belong after the end of a sentence. Now Microsoft Word will be marking two spaces after a period as an error.