Yes, you can get Microsoft Office for Mac, so you can create Word and Excel files. BUT you can also get OpenOffice on your Mac, which is a totally free, and slightly less visually attractive office application, that lets you do all the same things as MS Office. Jun 13, 2017 - According to Microsoft, 'not all Office functionality may be available' and stability problems may manifest where 'apps unexpectedly quit.'
I am a typeface designer. Recently, I received a report about problems with the use of some of my fonts with Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac. I do not have access to Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac myself, so I cannot confirm this report. According to this report, there are two unrelated font problems with Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac: (1) Word 2011 for Mac does not support.otf fonts (OT/CFF) with an UPM of 3333. (Word 2011 for Mac does support.otf fonts with an UPM of 1000.
Word 2011 for Mac does support.ttf fonts with an UPM of 3333.) It seems that Word 2011 for Mac does not support.otf fonts with an UPM that is higher than 1000. (See for a discussion about the UPM of.otf fonts: '(2) Word 2011 for Mac does not support style-linking between different weights, if the two fonts involved are not the Regular (400) and the Bold (700) font. So, for instance, a style link between a Light and a SemiBold font, is not supported by Word 2011 for Mac. (See 'If this problem really exists, a common typeface like Myriad Pro is not supported by Word 2011 for Mac, because Myriad Pro Light (weight value 300) is style-linked to Myriad Pro Semibold (weight value 600). Now my questions: Is anyone at Microsoft aware of the existence of these two font problems with Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac? If so, will these problems be corrected in a future update of Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac?
(if so, is there any indication when this update will be published?) Thanks. Ben Blom www.durotype.com.