<p>Microsoft Office has evolved quite a bit since the release of the new subscription-based Office 365 in early 2013, but the Mac version has remained stubbornly stuck in 2011, the year of its last major update. But Mac users shouldn't have to wait much longer for a refresh.</p><p>Office for Mac will be updated this year, a Microsoft representative told German publication Computerwoche (Computerweek in English). Thorsten Huebschen, who oversees Microsoft's office in Germany, revealed the company had originally intended to release Office:mac 2013, but those plans were scrapped after the company's Mac business unit was phased out. Microsoft stopped updating the Office for Mac blog on Monday.</p><p>However, Huebschen said the Office team now has development teams for every platform that Office currently supports, including OS X. Although Microsoft's focus has been more on mobile versions of the apps highlighted recently by the launch of the Office for Android SDK at the recent SharePoint conference Office for Mac users should expect some news in the spring, Huebschen said.</p><p>If you're an Office 365 subscriber, your five-device subscription already includes the Mac version, and you can download the Office:mac 2011 apps to any machine running OS X. However, those apps lack the big features of Office 365, notably real-time collaboration within documents via the cloud and built-in connections to things like your calendar and messaging apps. Presumably, the coming Mac update would include some of those updates.</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/03/12/office-for-mac-2014/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://bgr.com/2014/03/13/microsoft-office-for-ipad-release-date-2/">Microsoft comes under even greater pressure to release Office for iPad</a> (BGR)</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2107941/microsoft-adds-personal-office-365-subscription.html">Microsoft adds personal Office 365 subscription</a> (PCWorld (blog))</p><p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57620210-75/new-version-of-office-for-mac-expected-later-this-year/">New version of Office for Mac expected later this year</a> (CNET)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dJVbTG-Osqdm8uMjbCF_nF-i9jyaM&authuser=0&ned=us">195 additional articles.</a></p>