Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac - All about content and features

The latest version of Microsoft’s successful office suite, Microsoft Office 2019 is also available for Mac. With this, Microsoft is again making the latest Office version available for purchase, after there was only a current version in the form of a subscription model with Office 365 for some time. The cost of the Microsoft Office 2019 Mac Licence in free trade is no more expensive than the Office variants for Windows users. However, the costs that Microsoft charges for the various Office packages on its website are still relatively high. At Microsoft, the Home & Student variant already costs €149 – at third-party providers, you can buy various licences for Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac from €94.99.

What is included in the Mac Office 2019 packages?

Microsoft charges a hefty price for its Office applications – but Office is not without reason the most successful family of programs for office work. The three main components, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, are included in the most basic licence variant of Microsoft’s Office Mac 2019. They can be used to complete a wide range of tasks that arise in the office, for pupils and students. Those who do not want to do without the Microsoft Outlook email programme must invest in the Office 2019 Home & Business MAC version, which is a few euros more expensive. Unlike the Home & Student version, the Home & Business version can also be used commercially, while the latter is only licensed for private use. In contrast to the subscription model of Office 365, the costs of Office 2019 for Mac and Windows are only incurred once. Even the more expensive version of Office 2019 lacks some applications that are part of the subscription model. Cloud storage on OneDrive is missing, as are mobile and tablet licences.

Microsoft Support for Office 2019

The latest version is only compatible with Windows 10 and Mac and no longer works with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. Support for Office 2019 Mac will end on 14 October 2025, as it did for the Windows version. So unlike previous Office editions, support will no longer last 10 years. Microsoft has already announced that actual support will only last 5 years, followed by another 2 years of security updates only, but no feature updates.

Feature set of Office 2019 for Mac

Microsoft hasn’t reinvented its office programs for Microsoft Office 2019. For the most part, only the Office 365 variants will receive new update features. Office 2019 is therefore not a new programme, but contains the features that were known from Office 2016 in combination with the innovations of Office 365 between 2016 and 2018. Compared to the predecessor version Office 2016, Microsoft has kept an eye on creating more possibilities for teamwork in Office 2019 for Mac. All components of the Office suite have been given improved document sharing features, and real-time collaborative editing is now also possible.

New features for Word 2019 MAC

New features for the Word word processor in Office 2019 for Mac include:

  • Dictation and voice output feature
  • Translation feature that works with a Microsoft online service
  • Spelling and grammar check improvements
  • Simplifications for setting cross-references in a Word document.

What’s new for Excel 2019 MAC

Unlike Word, the average user doesn’t get very deep into the wide range of possibilities that Excel actually offers. However, those who work intensively with Excel can try out new functions and better data analysis toolswith Excel 2019. New charts are also part of the Office 2019 package for Mac. Unlike its predecessors, funnel charts, timelines and 2D maps are now possible with Excel – which is handy for anyone who works with geographical data in their Excel files. A big plus for Excel 2019 is the expanded .csv import function. With this, one can easily import almost all data from a wide variety of sources into Excel. With the help of a special Excel query editor, these can then be optimised according to one’s own needs.

New presentation tools for PowerPoint 2019 MAC

Microsoft has also added new functions to the PowerPoint presentation programme. In PowerPoint 2019, there are transitions with morphing effects and possibilities to animate diagrams in detail. Zoom functions and videos in 4K quality can also be exported.

Personal information manager for Outlook

Outlook 2019 MAC has also been further improved. The new personal information manager PIM can read emails aloud and a mentions feature facilitates conversations in larger groups via mail.

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