Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac is out! As of July 9, 2015, subscribers to Microsoft Office 365 can use the brand new Office 2016 for Mac suite. Seven updates had been already released since the preview version in March, bringing more stability and performance to this release.
Having trouble with Outlook? Don’t worry, most issues can be easily resolved once you know how. Check out this guide to learn more.
To access these settings from the primary IMAP Account preferences dialog box, click the Advanced button, and then click the Folders tab. Outlook for Mac 2011 More. Office 2011 for Mac support has ended. Upgrade to Microsoft 365 to work anywhere from any. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 offers a solid update to the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the other members of the productivity suite. Though the latest package is still not on par with the Windows.
If you’re not a Microsoft Office 365 customer, you’ll have to wait some time before you can take advantage of Office 2016 for Mac by downloading it from Sherweb’s Control Panel. While we’re busy working on the new release, this is an opportunity to highlight the great features of the Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac client. Perhaps you’ve never used it? We know you have a wide choice when it comes to accessing your emails on a Mac OS X computer. But to get the most of Exchange 2013 on your Mac, especially if you’re in a corporate environment, you have to use a tool that integrates as seamlessly as possible with your Mac OS X and gives you access to most of the email service features. Mail is the native email app for the operating system, but if you had to use it before, you know it doesn’t have the organizational functions and features that are useful in business! You need the right tool that accommodates both long-time Mac users and Windows users that are shifting to Mac.
That tool is Microsoft Outlook for Mac. The 2011 version was released as a totally new product for Mac OS X users, superseding the former Microsoft Entourage 2008 application. As part of the Office 2011 suite, it came with a new layout. While, it didn’t totally replicate what was then the new Microsoft Outlook 2010 for Windows, it was made to embed itself more tightly with Mac OS X.
For instance, you can use the built-in Mac OS X backup feature – Time Machine – to backup Outlook 2011 with a noticeable difference in performance. Backups are fast thanks to the local email structure in the background: each email item is a separate file.
With Outlook 2011, you can register different accounts (any POP3/IMAP, AOL, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail or Yahoo mailbox) along with your Exchange 2013 account, under one single identity. Moreover, the mailbox consolidation feature helps you group similar folders, such as inboxes from the different accounts so they appear under one single view. You can easily keep track of all your mailboxes.
The Ribbon, located along the border in top of the window, is the feature that comes from the Outlook 2010/2013 concept. It displays possible actions for a selected item or functionality (mail, calendar, task, contact) and of course, the Mac-style menu is still available.
The Ribbon offers three groups of commands in tabs inside the main window: Home, Organize and Tools. Clicking on the field at the top-right of the window makes a fourth tab appear. The Search tab helps create complex searches with a variety of criteria.
Outlook 2011 will allow you to use one master category list, importing categories from Mac right inside your mailbox.
Contacts, calendar and tasks from Outlook 2011 can still be viewed at a glance when the application is closed, through the standalone My Day app. From Outlook, you can open a set My Day to automatically be launched at the computer start. From My Day, you can create new task items.
Compared to Entourage 2008, editing HTML emails is flawless. Forwarding or replying to an HTML message does not alter its global layout. By default, HTML mode is activated when editing a new email. You can switch to plain mode in a simple click.
Are you using Lync? You may take advantage of the Lync-Exchange integration with presence information right into your mailbox. See availability status and even start a conversation in Lync 2011 for Mac right from your mailbox in Outlook 2011.
Note all the tips above are excerpts of the functionalities you get with your mailbox in Outlook 2011.
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Problem resolution for Mac Users under Microsoft Outlook 2011
Because you get unlimited storage for your Hosted Exchange 2013 accounts with Sherweb, the number of items to be synced with the identity on your Mac computer can be high. To avoid issues linked with synchronization, like database corruption, here are a few tips. Follow them to keep your Exchange identity healthy on Mac.
Email Structure
You may have created folders, subfolders and rules to automatically organize your emails. Outlook will behave better if you create your folders right on top of the mailbox, not under default folders like Inbox or Sent Items.
Note: in this picture, the Daily Requests folder is not nested under Inbox. This is the recommended structure.
To create or move folders at the top of the structure, use Outlook Web App (OWA). Of course any changes made in this web interface are replicated straight inside Outlook 2011.
Moving items
Do not move a huge amount of items directly in Outlook 2011. Chances are high that the application will freeze. To move five or ten emails, you can keep using Outlook 2011. But for dozens or hundreds, use OWA instead.
Synchronization issues
You many notice discrepancies between your Exchange local identity and your mailbox’s contents in OWA (in the server). These are signs that the synchronization with Outlook 2011 is no longer working properly. First, try to force a resync by reloading the cache. If this does not solve the issue, save troubleshooting time, backup Outlook 2011 and rebuild your identity on the Mac computer.
You’re all set for a better experience on your Mac computer… until you get the new Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac client!
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I recently converted one of my clients. He now uses a Mac instead of a PC. I set him up with a Mac Mini and he is now in the process of learning how to utilize his Mac for tasks related to his business.
The one problem I ran into while having my client switch from PC to Mac was in transferring over Microsoft Access 2007. This particular client uses Access quite often and needed to be able to use the database program on his Mac.
The latest version of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac does not contain the Access program. None of the Microsoft Office versions for Mac contain Access. So the only way to use Access on a Mac is to use some sort of a program that allows Windows programs to run on a Mac.
The first program I tried was CrossOver. The Mac store even suggested I use CrossOver. Of all the Microsoft programs that do work with CrossOver, it seems that Microsoft Access 2007 is the one program that does not work. I didn’t realize that until after I had purchased CrossOver, but the people at CrossOver were generous and provided a full refund.
I chose CrossOver first because it was cheaper than Parallels. But when CrossOver did not work, I gave Parallels a try. Parallels worked great for Microsoft Access 2007 and my client has been able to access his Access files (.mdb) on his Mac.
Here are a few points to remember if you are going to use Parallels on your Mac to use Microsoft Access 2007:
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- You must have a version of Windows and Microsoft Office. Parallels does not come with the operating system or program.
- You can transfer over Microsoft Access files (.mdb format) to your Mac. You may need to look around for your .mdb files within Parallels. Look for them under ‘Computer’ and try to find them in the folders within your Mac.
If you are a heavy Microsoft Access user, Parallels is a great way for you to be able to use the program. There are also Mac database alternatives if you would like to completely make the shift to your Mac. Either way, you can easily transition from a PC to a Mac and continue to use Microsoft Access 2007 on your new Mac.