How do I get my microsoft office to work?

If you have Office 2011 it cannot run on Catalina. You need to upgrade to Office 365 or Office 2019:

https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products-b

Alternatives are the free Libre Office:

https://www.libreoffice.org

Or Mac's own iWork, Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

update your software to be compatible with Catalina

If you have Office 2011 for Mac or before WILL NOT run.

Office 2016 for Mac needs to be v15.35 or later.


The current Office for Mac; Office 365 or Office 2019 are OK with Catalina

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/how-do-i-upgrade-office-ee68f6cf-422f-464a-82ec-385f65391350

https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?&activetab=tab:primaryr1

Pages.app built into the macOS https://support.apple.com/pages

LibreOffice shareware/ Home | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic ..

Talk to Microsoft about upgrading your code to 64 bit.