With the release of Office 2016 beta for Mac, and with public betas of Apple’s desktop software, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, some users aren’t having the best experience.
Those issues date back to July, but only recently escalated a great deal when Microsoft launched Office 2016 for Mac out of beta, and, just recently, Apple officially released OS X El Capitan to the wild. As such, many more users are experiencing issues, including crashes, or some apps, like Word, Excel, and Outlook not opening at all. What’s more, some OS X El Capitan users that are still using Outlook 2011 are experiencing issues, too.
Microsoft is obviously aware of the issues, and the company is hard at work on trying to solve all of the bugs. The company has admitted in its own forums that development is underway on trying to squash the issues, and, based on a report from Computerworld, that work is still ongoing.
However, there’s no timeline for a fix at this point.
In a statement from Microsoft, the company suggests Office 2016 users make sure that Microsoft AutoUpdate is enabled so as the company rolls out fixes those users are instantly provided with the updated software:
“”We know that some users may be experiencing issues with Office 2016 for Mac running on El Capitan,” the statement read. “We are actively investigating the matter with Apple. Until there is a fix, we recommend people install the latest updates to Office 2016 for Mac using Microsoft AutoUpdate.”
Indeed, this is a big issue for many Office users, as the apps are simply not functioning as they should, and leaving some without a workflow to access on their Mac. It’s good to hear that Microsoft is working on a fix, and hopefully it arrives sooner than later.
If you’re on OS X El Capitan and using Office 2016, have you noticed any issues?
[via MacRumors; Computerworld]
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