'The answer is really the latter scenario,' said the Microsoft spokesperson. The benefit of associating Office for Mac 2011 with the Office 365 subscription plan would be the integration between the Macs and PCs via SkyDrive and other means.
The second: Someone who subscribes to Office 365 Home Premium will have to pay for Office for Mac 2011 in the usual fashion, download and install it. The first scenario: Someone subscribing to Office 365 Home Premium would be able to download, free of charge, Office for Mac 2011 from a Microsoft source, install it on a Mac and run it using one of the five licenses in the plan. 'To clarify, those that have Office for Mac 2011 licenses and install the update, once it's available, will be able to use their Office for Mac 2011 license as one of the 5 devices in the Office Home Premium subscription,' a Microsoft spokesperson said in an email reply to questions Tuesday.Ĭomputerworld had posed two possible interpretations of earlier comments by Microsoft about how Mac users fit into the plans for the Office 365 subscription deals, which will give consumers five licenses to the new Office 2013 on Windows.
