Office on both a Mac and PC

hillbilly2

hillbilly2

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Hi all,

Does windows office work fluidly across both a mac and pc with 1 account? Wife has a surface pro 6 and want to buy a mini mac, will they work ok as a pair with office?
 
They can each open the other platforms documents, yes. Outlook on the Mac is a poor version of Outlook on Windows though. I have one account and have it installed on two Macs so she should be fine with it on both the Surface and the Mac mini.
 
Feek said:
They can each open the other platforms documents, yes. Outlook on the Mac is a poor version of Outlook on Windows though. I have one account and have it installed on two Macs so she should be fine with it on both the Surface and the Mac mini.
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OK worth a punt then, thanks
 
There are very minor changes with some advanced features across the office apps, but for the majority of people they're identical and work the same.
 
hillbilly2 said:
Hi all,

Does windows office work fluidly across both a mac and pc with 1 account? Wife has a surface pro 6 and want to buy a mini mac, will they work ok as a pair with office?
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If you mean purely file compatibility then you shouldn't have too many issues, they also support open document formats, unless you're dealing with macros/VBA.
And even though Office now shares a common codebase, there are still differences between platforms in terms of features although i would argue for the average joe it's negligible.

As @ic1male mentions, if it's MS365 licencing then it depends on the licence although each licence typically allows five devices to be attached before it starts grumbling.
 
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