Thankfully, it’s possible to configure Office for Mac to launch directly with a new blank document instead of the Document Gallery. So let’s walk through how to start with a blank document in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Mac! Differences Between Office for Mac Applications First, let’s talk about a few minor differences between the three main Office for Mac applications. When I referenced “Document Gallery” above, that technically only refers to what it’s called in Word.
Although it functions the same way (and this tip applies to all Office for Mac apps), this same window is called the “Workbook Gallery” in Excel and the “Start Screen” for PowerPoint. Configure Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to Open with a New Document The Document Gallery may be helpful for some, but as I said, not so much for me. So to get rid of it and start with a new document by default, open Word (or Excel or PowerPoint), and then choose Program Name Preferences from the menu bar at the top of the screen. When the Preferences window opens, click General. For Microsoft Word, find the option labeled Show Word Document Gallery when opening Word and uncheck it: For Excel and PowerPoint, follow the same steps, except remember that this window has a different name in each application as referenced above. Once you’ve unchecked the corresponding box in your Office for Mac applications, you can test it out by quitting and then relaunching them.
This time, each app should open directly to a new blank document instead of the Document Gallery or equivalent. How to Access the Document Gallery Again OK, so you’ve prevented the Document Gallery from showing up when you launch Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
Sep 1, 2017 - Office for Mac 2011 not supported on High Sierra, may be problems with 2016 apps. Microsoft has announced in a support document that Office for Mac 2011 will not be supported under macOS 10.13 High Sierra. It doesn't go as far as to say the software will not work, but hints at this.
But what if you actually want to see this screen again once you’ve made this change? To do so, just select File New From Template from the application’s menu bar, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift-Command-P. What About Older Versions of Office?
The steps in this tip apply to the latest version of Office as of the date of publication, which is Office 2016. What about older versions of Office, such as Office for Mac 2011? This version also has a Document Gallery, but it works a bit differently. To launch Office for Mac 2011 applications directly with a blank new document, find and check the box labeled Don’t show this in each Office application. Just like with Office for Mac 2016, with all three 2011 versions you can see the Document Gallery again after making this change by selecting File New from Template from the menu bar or by using the keyboard shortcut Shift-Command-P. Launching With a New Document in iWork Finally, if you prefer to use Apple’s iWork suite —, and — instead of Microsoft Office, there’s a similar method to force those apps to launch directly with a new document (Apple calls its version of the Document Gallery the “Template Chooser”).
Just open Pages, Numbers, or Keynote and select Program Name Preferences from the menu bar. On the General tab of the Preferences window, find the option labeled For New Documents and select Use template: Blank. As you may have guessed, if you prefer to launch these apps with your own custom template instead of a blank document, just click the Change Template button and select your desired document template. Configuring your productivity apps to launch directly to a new document seems like such a minor change, but I gotta tell you that it makes me happy to not have to pick that blank template every time I open Word. That’s precious time that I could be using for more important things! Not that I do any important things, you understand, but at least I could.
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. This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code. For more information about this update, please visit the. Applies to: Office 2011, Office 2011 Home and Business Edition, Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011, Office for Mac Standard 2011 Edition, Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Student 2011, and Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011.
Supported Operating System Apple Macintosh, Mac OS X. Operating System Versions: Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or a later version of Mac OS Note To verify that your computer meets these minimum requirements, on the Apple menu, click About This Mac. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0): You can download this update for free from the. Note To verify that you have installed this update, you can open any Microsoft Office 2011 application to check the version number. For example, open Word, and then on the Word menu, click About Word.
In the dialog box, compare the version number next to Latest Installed Update. To install this update. Print this page if you want to use it as a reference when you are offline. Quit any applications that are running, including all Office applications, Microsoft Messenger, and Office Notifications, because they might interfere with the installation. Make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements. Click Download, or click the link for the language version that you want.
Follow the instructions on the screen to save the file to your hard disk. If you are using Safari, the downloaded file is saved to the desktop or your Downloads folder unless you specified a different location in the Preferences dialog box of Safari.
To check your preferences, on the Safari menu, click Preferences, and then click General. Double-click the file that you downloaded in step 5 to place the Microsoft Office 2011 14.4.9 Update volume on your desktop, and then double-click the Microsoft Office 2011 14.4.9 Update volume to open it. This step might have been performed for you.
In the Microsoft Office 2011 14.4.9 Update volume window, double-click the Office 2011 14.4.9 Update application to start the update process, and then follow the instructions on the screen. If the installation finishes successfully, you can remove the update installer from your hard disk. To remove the update installer, first drag the Microsoft Office 2011 14.4.9 Update volume to the Trash, and then drag the file that you downloaded to the Trash.
Note This update is also available from Microsoft AutoUpdate, an application that can automatically keep your Microsoft software up to date. To use AutoUpdate, open an Office application, and then on the Help menu, click Check for Updates. To remove this update This update does not include an uninstall feature. To restore your application to its original state, delete it from your hard disk, reinstall it from your original installation disk, and then install the updates that you want. If you have trouble installing this update or using Office 2011 applications after you install this update, try the following:. Make sure that the Microsoft Office 2011 folder is located in the Applications folder on the startup volume. If it is at another location on your computer, move it to the Applications folder on your startup volume, and then try installing the update again.
Restart your computer and try installing the update again. Make sure that the user account you use to authenticate the update installer is an administrator account. For more information about administrator accounts, see Mac Help. Make sure that you downloaded the correct language version of the update for your copy of Office.
If you rename or modify any of the files in the Microsoft Office 2011 folder, you cannot install product updates. To correct this issue, drag the Microsoft Office 2011 folder to the Trash, and then reinstall Office 2011 from your original installation disk. If you experience problems opening Office applications after you install this update, restart your computer. If you continue to experience problems after you restart, reinstall Office from your original installation disk, and then install this update again. For additional assistance, visit the.