I'd be willing to purchase 2011 if learning Visual Basic is not a huge mountain to climb for a non-programmer.
After many years of teaching various aspects of software design, programming, etc. at the college freshman to engineering professionals I think it is safe to say the steepness of the hill depends in very large part on the individual. My suggestion would be to get a copy of something like Visual Basic for Dummies or even better and more to the point Excel VBA for Dummies from the library or bookstore to read. After that you would be in a position to make a better judgement of how high your personal learning curve would be than anyone else can possibly guesstimate. Even if you have to buy the Dummies Guide, $20 is not a bad investment before making a much more substantial investment in Office 2011 for Mac.
