In line with MacWorld Expo, just concluded in San Francisco, Microsoft will release Office 2011 later this year.
The emphasis will be on compatibility and collaborate, and the new version features another iteration of the Ribbon, Visual Basic is back [missing from Office 2008] Entourage is replaced by Outlook for compatibility with proprietary email and calendaring systems. This should also simplify the process of moving Outlook email accounts from PCs to Macs [previously difficult].
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