While confirming the decease of practical PC , Microsoft’sMac Business Unit(MacBU ) also offered an update on the Universal binary development status of several Mac applications it ’s working on , including Office , as the company transition to actively develop and support Intel - base Macs .
“ Tens of millions of line of code have been 100 percent transitioned to Xcode on the road to a Universal reading of Office for Mac . The Mac BU also will allow barren , downloadable converters to allow users of current reading of Office for Mac to take the new Microsoft Office Open XML formats following the availableness of Office for Windows , ” wrote a Microsoft spokesperson .
Microsoft Messenger for Mac 6.0 , a raw version of Microsoft ’s instant electronic messaging app , is add up “ later this class , ” according to the company . It will admit feature such as federation with Yahoo ! Messenger , customize emoticons and spell check . Users will also be able to exhibit personal subject matter or what song ’s playing in iTunes .
Microsoft is also developing a new version of its Remote Desktop Connection ( RDC ) client software system , which enable Mac users to get at Windows PC on their web . “ The next interlingual rendition of RDC will be released as a to the full support devoid production and details on this loss will be shared closer to set in motion , ” stated Microsoft .
practical PC is n’t the only Microsoft applied science get the axe — Microsoft also indicates that it is stop support of Visual Basic scripting in the next reading of Office for Mac , but on the flip side , the company said it ’s go to increase support for stock Mac scripting methods like AppleScript and Automator . VB macro instruction embedded within files will not be accessible , but the file can be edited without affect or change the macros , according to Microsoft .
