A stand-alone version of Office 2016 will be available sometime this month (September). From
Your top 10 questions about Office 2016 for Mac answered:
"Office 2016 for Mac is currently only available for Office 365 subscription customers. It will be available via one-time purchase in late September." Merci for the info. For once I'm glad to stand corrected. Perhaps life after 2011 won't be too bad.
What I do find fascinating — OK, maybe only moderately interesting — is:
4. Can I use Office 2016 for Mac and Office for Mac 2011 on the same Mac?Yes, you can use them side-by-side on the same Mac. And by the way, here’s how you add the app icons for Office 2016 to the dock.
(As an aside: I probably would never have come across that blog, since I only visit the update page for Microsoft Office for Mac in order to do the obvious.)
