Microsoft’s next-gen Office suite for the Mac is being given a
top-to-toe refit in readiness for its debut in the third quarter of 2007. It will adopt the native XML file formats in the new versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint while adding functionality is its core being rebuilt as an Intel-friendly Universal Binary application. I wonder if Mac users will love the ribbon interface of Office 2007 for Windows, which was aimed at removing the reliance on deeply-nested menus and making existing features more ‘discoverable’ to users.
This new APCstart article has got the lowdown on the new Office 2007 for Mac slated for Q3 2007.
As is convention for the Office family, at this early stage the product is known only by its version number as ‘Office 12?. Last month, they completed the transition to Apple’s Xcode, which forms the basis for the Universal binaries that are compatible with new Intel-based Macs as well as older PowerPC machines.
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