Top 10 features of Office 2016 for Mac to prepare for back to school

As teachers, students and parents prepare for summer break and back-to-school, Microsoft is offering Office 2016 for Mac to Office 365 users. The new version of Office for Mac can help students of all ages complete their homework better anytime, anywhere, with anyone.

If you’re used to using Office on PC or iPad, you’ll find the new modern versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote to be familiar and user-friendly.

Access your cloud-stored documents whenever you need them, and share your assignments with classmates and teachers for review and collaboration.

The new Office for Mac user interface is designed specifically for the Mac® and takes full advantage of the latest Mac features, including Retina® displays, full-screen view, and multi-touch gestures.

Top 10 features and improvements for students

1. If you store Office documents in the cloud, a list of recently used files will appear on your PC, iPhone, iPad or Android device. This will help you quickly find and continue the task you interrupted before. Another benefit is that by marking the documents you use frequently, you can keep them in a special "Marked Documents" list.

2. If you want to work on an assignment with other students, you can share the document with others and allow them to view or edit it with just a few clicks without leaving the app.

3. When you collaborate with others on a Word document, PowerPoint slides, or OneNote notes, several people can edit the same document at the same time. You can also chat with others by replying to their comments next to the relevant text.

4. Use audio recording in OneNote to record class lectures. Any notes you enter while recording the audio will be synchronized with the audio. Later, when you review your notes, you can easily jump to the part of the recording that corresponds to the notes you entered at that time.

5. The speaker view in PowerPoint is like your slide command center. You can see the current slide, next slide, speaker notes, and timer on your Mac, while the audience sees only the presentation on the big screen.

6.Side-by-side calendars in Outlook allow you to see multiple calendars in one view.

7. Smart Lookup can display relevant information from the Internet in Word. When you write a report on the French Revolution, useful information will appear next to your document (such as information about Napoleon Bonaparte).

8. Make math experts happy: You can insert 11 different types of formulas in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and you can customize these formulas at will. You can also save frequently used formulas in the formula library.

9. Make your presentation stand out with new transitions, pixel-true animations, and smooth video playback.

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