Microsoft’s preview includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. This is undoubtedly good news for Apple as those still on older OS X versions will have yet another incentive to upgrade. In that same vein, Office 2016 for Mac requires OS X 10.10 Yosemite. This is possible because Microsoft has now completely switched over to Apple’s Cocoa APIs. While Office 2011 for Mac included some Retina support, it was mainly focused on the canvas (where the document is displayed) and the most common parts of the user interface.Įric Wilfrid, general manager of Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit, told VentureBeat there are now “no more dark areas” in terms of Retina support. Microsoft says the new apps offer full Retina display support with thousands of Retina-optimized graphics.
