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That versions 15.34 and earlier are not supported, and you may not be able to launch the apps. You are advised to update to 15.35 or later, but even that’s no guarantee.
Not all Office functionality may be available, and you may encounter stability problems where apps unexpectedly quit. During the beta period for macOS 10.13 High Sierra, no formal support is available for this Office configuration.
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Mac OS X. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. Jan 13, 2015 - I have a user that received a new MacBook Pro with Yosemite. If you've tried to remove and reinstall Microsoft Office 2011, you may want to try.
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The company also advises that support for the 2011 suite ends next month – including security updates. All applications in the Office for Mac 2011 suite are reaching end of support on October 10th, 2017.
As a reminder, after that date there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or technical content updates. Notes that Mac users of get second-class service from the company, offered only five years of security updates instead of the ten years given to Windows users, alongside often long-delayed porting of new features.
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Along the lines of DeltaMac's comment: if going with Office, do you really need 2016? What feature in there that is a must need.
I'm running with 2011. It creates the latest MS formats (ie. Docx, xlsx, pptx, introduced in 2007?), just like 2016. And plenty of people/services can't handle these formats, so, you are creating files in the old formats, which 2011 handles just fine. Even then, 95% of the time, I'm using LibreOffice, which does a good enough job (for most of my scenarios) in doing these formats as well. Office is there for those situations where there's something 'off' with the MS file and can only be handled properly in Office. Then again, this is coming from a guy that used Office 2003 in an XP virtual-machine for 10 years, until Office 2013 was announced and Amazon dropped the price of 2011 to $70-80, getting me to get a more current version and for Mac.
I have an Office 365 subscription. It allows me to install Office 2016 for Mac, which is the best version for Mac yet, but miles behind the Windows version.
I can also run Office 2016 for Windows on BootCamp/Parallels, which is the real deal. Plus, I have additional installations to use on other computers and I can also install it on smartphones and tablets. While Office 365 is expensive (US$ 100), it can be found cheaper. It is currently at US$ 85, and the keycard is US$ 82, at Amazon.com, for instance.
I get an Office 365 licence for free from my university and so upgraded to 2016 when it was released. 2011 Excel and Powerpoint were fine, but I found Word to be horribly outdated, laggy when handling larger documents and difficult to navigate using the Mac trackpad. 2016 Word is far superior to navigate and use, and looks much more clean. Meanwhile, I've found Excel and Powerpoint to be just as good as before. Never had any issues with it being slow, although I have a pretty beefed up 15 inch retina. Not heard any complaints from my class mates either. I have an Office 365 subscription.
It allows me to install Office 2016 for Mac, which is the best version for Mac yet, but miles behind the Windows version. I can also run Office 2016 for Windows on BootCamp/Parallels, which is the real deal. Plus, I have additional installations to use on other computers and I can also install it on smartphones and tablets. While Office 365 is expensive (US$ 100), it can be found cheaper. It is currently at US$ 85, and the keycard is US$ 82, at Amazon.com, for instance. Click to expand.Since buying an iPad Air 2 last Fall, I've been giving the new version of iWork another chance. Primarily because of the solid file compatibility between the iOS and OSX versions.
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I do miss some of the more advanced features of iWork '09 (but keep THAT around too, LOL) I'm quite impressed with the ease of working on files on the iMac/Macbook and then switching to the iPad. And with splitwindow support in iOS 9, the Air 2 is becoming a viable option. I've been a bit frustrated with attempting to use MS Office across devices and platforms. Primarily due to the tighter integration with OneDrive. I have found OneDrive to be highly unreliable when syncing the OneDrive cloud with more than one device. Another limitation is in the iOS version of MS Office. Click to expand.
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I don't use giant Word files but for normal use I found Office 2011 for mac and the newer Office 2016 for mac perfectly acceptable. Maybe testing speed and so on with a stop watch or similar way might show advantages of the Windows counterparts, which, coming from Microsoft would not surprise me but for daily use I had never problems on the mac side. As to LibreOffice and similar free office programs it's always nice to find things made to help other people instead of snatching their money. I'll stick with Office 2011 since I have the 3 X install version. I also have Office 2016 and agree with the previous replies that it's bloatware. Also in 2016 there is no way (yet) to make changes to the Ribbon or to the Quick menu. Office 2011 is still fully configurable and continues to work with all Office documents and with the latest update of El Capitan.
Since Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are now free with a new Mac, and unless you absolutely need Office for document exchange with other users, the iWork apps should suffice for most folks.