Once the final versions of the apps ship 'in the second half of 2015,' users with Office 365 subscriptions will get the new apps immediately. The preview runs on OS X Yosemite, it's free to use, and it includes a tool for providing feedback to Microsoft. Microsoft has just released a preview of Office 2016 for Mac, a suite which will include the current versions of Outlook and OneNote alongside newly updated versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Microsoft released a new version of Outlook and an official OneNote client, but the core Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps were stuck back in 2010. The Office for OS X apps were left behind, though. Further Reading New, free OneNote for OS X is a preview of the next Office for Mac appsįor the last 12 months, Microsoft has focused on getting its flagship Office suite on screens where it's never been before- iPhones, iPads, and Android tablets.
