Microsoft Office contains Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Office 2016 is available via Microsoft Office 365.

Use Microsoft Office for Mac. Connect to Microsoft Exchange Server. Fun fact: There’s a version of Microsoft Office written just for Mac. So you can use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on a Mac just like on a PC. MacOS also provides built-in support for the latest version of Microsoft Exchange Server.

Office 2011 Compatibility

• Installing Office for Mac 2016 Currently, the only way to obtain and run Office for Mac 2016 is to subscribe to Office 365. There are several options. The most popular are Office 365 Home, which allows up to 5 installations on PCs and Macs, and Office 365 Personal, which allows only a single installation, on either a PC or Mac.
• Office 2016 for Mac needs to be v15.35 or later, which it probably is, if you’ve updated anytime in the last few months. Check the version in one of the Office apps or go to Help Check for updates. The current Office for Mac; Office 365 or Office 2019 are OK with Catalina.

Office 2011 is still available to students, faculty, and staff via IUware.

Office 2016 For Mac Compatibility Keyboard

To use Office 2016 with Mac OS X, you must be running Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later. For Office 2011, you must have:

• OS X version 10.5.8 or later
• 1 GB or more of RAM
• 2.5 GB of available hard disk space
• An Intel processor
• A DVD drive or connection to a local area network (if installing over a network), or an internet connection (if downloading from IUware)
• HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
• 1280 x 800 or higher resolution monitor
• Safari 5 or later (recommended)