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Sep 19, 2012 Microsoft today announced the release of Office for Mac 2011 version 14.2.4, which brings support for the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro released in June. We’re happy to announce that Office. Microsoft adds Retina display support in Office for Mac 2011 by Farrukh Anwar on September 20th, 2012 Admit it or not, Microsoft Office is the best document utility on all platforms, let them be Windows or Mac, we all rely on Microsoft Office to do the trick in the end. Sep 19, 2012  Microsoft today announced the release of Office for Mac 2011 version 14.2.4, which brings support for the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro released in June. We’re happy to announce that Office. Aug 15, 2012  Microsoft Office 2011 looks awful on the new MacBook Pro’s Retina display. But unfortunately for its customers, it seems Microsoft has no plans to add high-resolution graphics. Dec 08, 2012 If you own one of Apple’s Retina MacBook Pros and use Microsoft Office 2011, you may be aware that Microsoft recently updated the suite with Retina Display support – unfortunately, installing that update and enabling the high-res imagery isn’t always as smooth as it should be.

Following earlier hints that a Retina display to their Mac office suite wouldn’t be coming any time soon, Microsoft today released Office for Mac 2011 version 14.2.4, finally adding Retina graphics, as well as a few bug fixes and performance improvements.

From the Office for Mac blog:

We’re happy to announce that Office for Mac 2011 (version 14.2.4) now supports Retina display for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Text everywhere is incredibly crisp and all key areas of the interface are now sharper than ever. We hope you enjoy this fantastic software experience!

The update is available now through the AutoUpdate service, or for direct download through Microsoft’s website (link).

Users of Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina display have been complaining that the office suite hasn’t been updated with Retina graphics (and therefore looks awful on the new machine). Microsoft initially answered this by updating Outlook with Retina graphics as part of their Mountain Lion update.

Unfortunately, it seems that Microsoft Word, Excel, and the remainder of the Office 2011 apps won’t get the same benefit, and users of the apps will just have to deal with the current blurry, difficult to look at apps, as Microsoft apparently has no plans to update them.

Macworld UKpoints to a response from the Office for Mac Teamto a user’s complaint about the apps being “very blurry and tough on the eyes”:

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Outlook for Mac 2011 already supports Retina Display and the remaining apps will have the same viewing quality as on any non-Retina device. Unfortunately at this time, we cannot comment on any future updates regarding supporting Retina on Word, Excel or PowerPoint… Hope that helps!

That’s code for “not anytime soon.” Microsoft has stated that they will issue a significant update of Office for Mac 2011 once the new Microsoft Office 2013 becomes available for PCs, and it’s possible that they may include Retina graphics in that update. As always, though, their plans are unclear.

Microsoft Office 2011 Mac Upgrade

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