Office 2016 for Mac has been finished and is available today to Office 365 subscribers and students. As long as your Office 365 subscription includes the desktop Office suite (Home, Personal, Business, Business Premium, E3, and ProPlus) you can install it from your account page. Not a subscriber? You'll have to wait until some time in September, though we're not exactly sure when. Microsoft hasn't announced the precise release date or how much it'll cost.
It's been five long years since Microsoft last released Office for Mac. While the Windows version of Microsoft's productivity suite was last updated in 2013, most of the OS X version dates back to 2010. The two exceptions were Outlook, which saw a hefty update last year, and OneNote (likewise). That pair has been continuously updated since.
The new version makes the suite look a lot more like its forthcoming Windows counterpart. The ribbon layouts are the same between OS X and Windows, and the title bars and ribbon headers of the apps are boldly colored in each application's respective color. But consistency between OS X and Windows is not absolute, and respect is paid to OS X design norms. For example, Office for Mac doesn't include the "backstage" area that the Windows apps show when you go to the "File" menu, instead using more traditional menus, dialogs, and settings panes for this kind of thing.
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