As you can see in the Description box below, this option converts the date system of the source data to match the date system of the target workbook. On the Edit dialog box, a new option for Excel 2011 is Automatically convert date system. In the General dialog box I unchecked the box beside: Open Excel Workbook Gallery when application opens so that Excel opens to a blank worksheet. Within these preferences is standard stuff you’d find in a Windows version of Excel, but I want to review some of the settings for General, Edit, AutoComplete, Compatability, and Ribbon.

The first thing I wanted to check out was the Options, oops pardon my Windows speak, I mean Preferences, by using the menu selection Excel → Preferences or the keyboard shortcut Cmd+apostrophe ( ⌘, ). Nice for all of 15 seconds.Īt the bottom of this screen there’s a box you can check: Don’t show this when opening Excel, but I ignored it and went straightaway to a blank Excel workbook. The program loaded, I entered the product key, activated and registered the software, then launched Excel, and got a welcome screen telling me all about the new features.Īnd then I had to face the Excel Workbook Gallery, which is the default screen that appears when you open Excel 2011.

Remote Desktop for Mac 2 (drive your Windows-based PC from your Mac).

What you get with the Office 2011 Home and Business Edition:

I paid $174.99 USD for the Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 – 1 Pack edition on after pre-ordering and receiving a $25 discount from their price assurance guarantee. My primary goal was to have an Excel version on my MacBook Pro that allowed VBA macros, however the full Office software suite seemed to be a really great value. After reading all the great things about Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 that were written before its release, I decided to purchase a copy.

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