


The feature uses Continuity Camera on the Mac and is available now. For Excel users, A new feature called Data from Picture will help users take a photo of table directly on your iPhone and turn it into data you can edit in Excel for Mac. Modern commenting for Word is in the Office Insider Beta Channel now and coming to Current Channel Preview in February 2021. Doll revealed that the new experience is available now in PowerPoint for enterprise customers. Modern commenting also includes improved in PowerPoint and Word for Mac that make it easier to reply to comments. There’s a new ‘modern commenting’ experience in Word for Mac that enables a contextual view of comments that allows you to focus on your content without missing active comments by contributors and reviewers. Regarding performance, Microsoft says the first launch of each Office app will take longer as Rosetta 2 has to first generate optimised code for the new processor - but subsequent app launches will be ‘fast’.For Word and PowerPoint users, Microsoft is making it easier to collaborate on M1 MacBooks. There’s no difference in installation or deployment methods, too. Microsoft also says all Office features - even third-party add-ins - on Intel-based Macs will run on the M1 Macs, thanks to Apple’s Rosetta 2 translation layer. Microsoft recommends the November 2020 release (build 16.43) for the ‘best experience’ because this version of Office packs the latest optimisations for the just-released macOS Big Sur. In a nutshell, the latest release of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive will all work on the new M1-based Macs. If you’re going to buy or have already placed an order for one of Apple’s new Macs with the M1 chip and are wondering how it’d handle that Microsoft Office productivity suite that you so can’t do without, well, Microsoft has released a fairly succinct FAQ regarding compatibility. Don’t worry, your Microsoft Office apps will run fine on the new Macs powered by the M1 processor
