Microsoft Releases Office 2019 for Mac Preview for Business | Commercial Users

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Written By Mohit Jha
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Published On November 9th, 2022
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Microsoft has recently announced the commercial preview of Office 2019 for Mac. It includes Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNotes, and Outlook for its commercial users. This Microsoft Office 2019 is the next eternal update for Office on Mac machine. In addition to this, Office 2019 for Windows is also going to release in the second half of this year. Microsoft has already started testing Office 2019 for Windows in April among the business users. Now, a new program for preview has also been released for the business users and let them use the design with all new features and updates. Usually, Microsoft updates Office 365 for the users but these releases of Office are mainly for those who still hesitate in moving to the cloud.

 

What’s New will be Offered in Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac Preview?

The ProPlus version of Office 365 with minimum possible TCO for deployment and management gives the most productive and secure Office experience. And, for the users who do not want to move to the cloud, Office 2019 for Mac offers an update to all eternal applications with new features in Office 2019 mac preview. All these features will help users in generating good content in less possible time. Some of the major updates are:

  • Roaming pencil case
  • Focus mode in MS Word
  • New Translator and Improved Accessibility
  • SVG and 3D Model Support
  • Ribbon customizations for all Office application
  • In-click sequence
  • 4K video export in PowerPoint
  • Morph transitions
  • 2D Maps
  • New charts and function in Excel
  • Focused Inbox in Outlook.
  • Desktop Outlook is also coming

All these features are already there in Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus version but are not there in Office 2016 for Mac. Thus, to avail all such facilities without moving to the cloud, a user can try Office 2019 on Mac machine.

More About Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac Preview

 

 

This Office 2019 mac preview includes some features for IT also to simplify the deployment and management. And, with the help of all command-line tools, an IT admins can centrally control all updates of Office to users’ devices. In addition, it provides support for MDM policies and preferences. This will provides IT the power to implement organization-wide security policies along with Visual Basic macros and app settings. Moreover, its integration with Jamf pro will renders more control and make it easier to manage Office updates across the devices.

If a user wants to preview Office 2019 for Mac beta, then its procedure is same as for Windows. Keep in mind that this preview is 2 GB is size along with associated documentation for Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote. A user can download it from the Microsoft Collaborate portal. Moreover, this Office 2019 for Mac preview will be available for two recent version of Mac OS X i.e., Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra) and Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra)

Note: A user cannot run Office 2019 for Mac and Office 2016 for Mac concurrently on the machine.

Conclusion

Office 365 ProPlus deliver constant innovation in the cloud power to increase the productivity, improve security with the lowest TCO. However, there are many customers who have many considerations while moving to the cloud. For all of them, Microsoft has released Office 2019 for Mac preview , which is a valuable upgrade as they can keep some or all apps on-premises.

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By Mohit Jha

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