Microsoft has announced today that they are opening up the Office 2016 preview for Mac and if you use OS X, we have the download links after the jump but the download is over 2GB in size. First, you need to go to the Office 2016 for Mac Preview page, as shown in Figure 1, below. Do note that the Preview download is no longer available. Figure 1: The Office 2016 for Mac Preview page; Thereafter click the green Download now button (see Figure 1 again), and the download process will begin see Figure 2, below. Figure 2: Downloading.
The Office for Mac 2016 preview is available for download from Microsoft's Office.com preview site, and can be run alongside Office for Mac 2011. Microsoft plans to deliver regular updates to the. Microsoft is likely to launch the final public release of the Office 2016 for Mac somewhere in the summer, now that the preview version has been launched. For now, if you’re running the latest version of OS X on you Mac – Yosemite – head over to the download link below to grab a copy. You can Office 2016 for Mac Preview from here.
Almost one month ago, Microsoft made the Office 2016 preview available for Windows. And today marks the release of the preview for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
As you may have gathered, Office 2016 will be the next version of Microsoft’s cash cow, and it’s expected to be out in the second half of this year. In the meantime, though, the Redmond software giant is working on it.
And, it turns out, pushing out preview versions for people to take a look at, test, and send feedback about. So if you’ve been (patiently or not) waiting for years for Microsoft to release a new iteration of Office for Mac, you’ll probably want to download this as soon as possible.
Office 2016 For Mac Updates
The preview brings you new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, as well as Outlook. The apps will obviously get many more updates in the coming months, and if you download the preview now you’ll get all of those as they become available. If you already have Office 2011 for Mac installed, you’ll be able to use the new version side by side with that.