Editing Microsoft Word (section)

===Word for Mac===
{{see also|Microsoft Office#Mac versions|label 1=Microsoft Office § Mac versions}}[[File:Word for Mac screenshot.png|thumb|Word for Mac running on [[macOS Ventura]] (13.2)]]The Mac was introduced on January 24, 1984, and Microsoft introduced Word 1.0 for Mac a year later, on January 18, 1985. The DOS, Mac, and Windows versions are quite different from each other. Only the Mac version was [[WYSIWYG]] and used a graphical user interface, far ahead of the other platforms. Each platform restarted its version numbering at "1.0".<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Word 1.x (Mac) |url=https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-word/1x-mac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222235427/https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-word/1x-mac |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=December 22, 2021 |publisher=[[WinWorld]]}}</ref> There was no version 2 on the Mac, but version 3 came out on January 31, 1987, as described above. Word 4.0 came out on November 6, 1990, and added automatic linking with Excel, the ability to flow text around graphics, and a WYSIWYG page view editing mode. Word 5.1 for Mac, released in 1992 ran on the original 68000 CPU and was the last to be specifically designed as a Macintosh application. The later Word 6 was a Windows port and poorly received. Word 5.1 continued to run well until the last [[classic Mac OS]]. Many people continue to run Word 5.1 to this day under an emulated Mac classic system for some of its excellent features, such as document generation and renumbering, or to access their old files.

[[File:Microsoft Word for Mac 2011.png|thumb|Microsoft Word 2011 running on OS X]]
In 1997, Microsoft formed the [[Macintosh Business Unit]] as an independent group within Microsoft focused on writing software for the classic Mac OS. Its first version of Word, Word 98, was released with Office 98 Macintosh Edition. Document compatibility reached parity with Word 97,<ref name="ugeek_97" /> and it included features from Word 97 for Windows, including spell and grammar checking with squiggles.<ref name="appleinsider_history">{{cite news |last=McLean |first=Prince |date=November 12, 2007 |title=Road to Mac Office 2008: an introduction (Page 3) |url=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/12/road_to_mac_office_2008_an_introduction.html&page=3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707153946/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/12/road_to_mac_office_2008_an_introduction.html%26page%3D3 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=AppleInsider}}</ref> Users could choose the menus and keyboard shortcuts to be similar to either Word 97 for Windows or Word 5 for Mac.

Word 2001, released in 2000, added a few new features, including the [[clipboard manager|Office Clipboard]], which allowed users to copy and paste multiple items.<ref name="atpm">{{cite web |last=Tetrault |first=Gregory |date=January 2001 |title=Review: Microsoft Office 2001 |url=http://www.atpm.com/7.01/office.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120035246/http://atpm.com/7.01/office.shtml |archive-date=November 20, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=ATPM: About This Particular Macintosh}}</ref> It was the last version to run on the classic Mac OS and, on [[MacOS|Mac OS X]], it could only run within the [[Classic Environment]]. Word X, released in 2001, was the first version to run natively on, and to require, Mac OS X,<ref name="appleinsider_history" /> and introduced non-contiguous text selection.<ref name="macworld_wordx">{{cite news |last=Negrino |first=Tom |date=February 1, 2002 |title=Review: Microsoft Office v. X |url=http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/407306/review/microsoft_office_overall_rating.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818084538/http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/407306/review/microsoft_office_overall_rating.html |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=MacWorld}}</ref>

Word 2004 was released in May 2004. It included a new Notebook Layout view for taking notes either by typing or by voice.<ref name="macworld_2004">{{cite news |last1=Lunsford |first1=Kelly |last2=Michaels |first2=Philip |last3=Snell |first3=Jason |date=March 3, 2004 |title=Office 2004: First Look |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/29728/2004/03/office2004firstlook.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625001248/http://www.macworld.com/article/29728/2004/03/office2004firstlook.html |archive-date=June 25, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=MacWorld}}</ref> Other features, such as tracking changes, were made more similar with Office for Windows.<ref name="macnn_2004">{{cite web |last=Friedberg |first=Steve |date=May 25, 2004 |title=Review: Microsoft Office |url=http://www.macnn.com/reviews/microsoft-office.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405220059/http://www.macnn.com/reviews/microsoft-office.html |archive-date=April 5, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=MacNN}}</ref>

Word 2008, released on January 15, 2008, included a Ribbon-like feature, called the Elements Gallery, that can be used to select page layouts and insert custom diagrams and images. It also included a new view focused on publishing layout, integrated bibliography management,<ref name="appleinsider_word2008_1">{{cite news |last=McLean |first=Prince |date=November 14, 2007 |title=Road to Mac Office 2008: Word '08 vs Pages 3.0 |url=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/14/road_to_mac_office_2008_word_08_vs_pages_3_0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206164346/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/14/road_to_mac_office_2008_word_08_vs_pages_3_0.html |archive-date=December 6, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=AppleInsider}}</ref> and native support for the new Office Open XML format. It was the first version to run natively on Intel-based Macs.<ref name="appleinsider_2008">{{cite news |last=McLean |first=Prince |date=November 12, 2007 |title=Road to Mac Office 2008: an introduction (Page 4) |url=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/12/road_to_mac_office_2008_an_introduction.html&page=4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707153958/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/12/road_to_mac_office_2008_an_introduction.html%26page%3D4 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=AppleInsider}}</ref>

Word 2011, released in October 2010, replaced the Elements Gallery in favor of a Ribbon user interface that is much more similar to Office for Windows,<ref name="appleinsider_ribbon">{{cite news |last=McLean |first=Prince |date=March 29, 2010 |title=New Office 11 for Mac sports dense ribbons of buttons |url=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/29/new_office_11_for_mac_sports_dense_ribbons_of_buttons.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124085400/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/29/new_office_11_for_mac_sports_dense_ribbons_of_buttons.html |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=AppleInsider}}</ref> and includes a full-screen mode that allows users to focus on reading and writing documents, and support for [[Office Web Apps]].<ref name="appleinsider_2011_2">{{cite news |last=Dilger |first=Daniel Eran |date=October 25, 2010 |title=Review: Microsoft's Office 2011 for Mac (Page 2) |url=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/25/review_microsofts_office_2011_for_mac.html&page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028082955/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/25/review_microsofts_office_2011_for_mac.html%26page%3D2 |archive-date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2010 |work=Apple Insider}}</ref>

Word 2021 added real-time co-authoring, automatic cloud saving, dark mode, immersive reader enhancements, line focus, a visual refresh, the ability to save pictures in SVG format, and a new Sketched style outline.

Word 2024, released on September 16, 2024, included Word session recovery, support for ODF 1.4, new theme and color palette and ability for easier collaboration. Even though collaboration features were also available in Microsoft Word 2021 as part of post release update, they were not available in Word LTSC 2021 or Word LTSC 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2024 |title=Differences between Word 2021 and Word 2024 |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-s-new-in-word-2024-for-windows-and-mac-9fe36ecd-820b-4f42-a9a2-0861f7615954 |website=Microsoft}}</ref>