Related to the Apple platform, she also said that when "the new Office" becomes commercially available, the company will deliver an update to Office for Mac 2011.

"With this update, Office for Mac licenses can count as part of your Office 365 Home Premium subscription. You will also be able to use SkyDrive and/or Office 365 to save and access all your documents from your Mac," she said.

Those interested in giving the new Office suite a test drive can access it at http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en.

The IDG News Service