This makes the latest 2011 version of Office especially important.Įach of the Office programs is full of features and foibles, so we've dedicated individual reviews to each one: Word 2011 Excel 2011 PowerPoint 2011 Outlook 2011 Despite the increasing number of competitors, such as Apple's iWork or the free OpenOffice, without Microsoft Office, the Mac would arguably not be viable as a business computer. Microsoft Office is arguably one of the most important suite of programs available for the Mac.