Hi JitaF,
Based on my research in this thread, the Office for Mac 2011 Home & Student will not have the support for SharePoint Services. However, the Office for Mac 2011 provided by Office 365 should have the full functionality similar to the Office for Mac 2011 standard version, which supports to use the “Connect to a SharePoint Site” option in the Document Connection.
I understand you downloaded the Office for Mac 2011 yesterday and the Document Connection was installed along with the Office for Mac 2011. In this case, may I confirm if you downloaded and installed the Office for Mac 2011 in the exact way presented in this instruction: Install Office on your PC or Mac with Office 365 for business? If so, have you activated your Office with the Office Midsize account successfully? And whether all users in your organization get the grayed out “Connect to a SharePoint Site” option or not?
If neither the downloading method nor the activation statues are the “causes” regarding this issue, I’d like to share one of my testing accounts with you. Based on my experience, the Office for Mac 2011 downloaded from this account works fine with the “Connect to a SharePoint Site” option. For privacy protected purpose, I sent you the account information via a private message.
Here are the steps to see the private message:
1. Please go to Your details section on the right side of the community site.
2. Click Private messages.
3. Click the subject title of the response to read the message.
Thanks,
Maggie Li