so my my sister updated my mac to catalina and now i cant see/use anything microsoft office especially word and excel since i use them a lot. somehow i managed to downgrade the os to mojave but i still cant use word and excel. (macbook air mid 2013)
MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.14
While upgrading to Catalina isn't supposed to remove any of your personal data or third party apps, you aren't the first person here to report Office 2011 or 2008 were actually removed from the drive. In a way, it doesn't matter since they won't work in Catalina anyway, but it still shouldn't do that.
If you need Office and don't want to revert to a backup with an older OS, then I would strongly suggest getting Office 365, or the one-time cost Office 2019. The main reason being, if your Excel or other Office docs are even just somewhat complex, it's unlikely OpenOffice will display them correctly. Apple's, very weak substitutes, Pages/Numbers, even less likely.
It's also important to keep in mind who uses your data. Do you share files between clients? If so, then seriously, don't even consider anything but a newer version of Office. Your clients will eventually pull their business away from you if they have to juggle getting files to and from you using apps that are not fully compatible.
While upgrading to Catalina isn't supposed to remove any of your personal data or third party apps, you aren't the first person here to report Office 2011 or 2008 were actually removed from the drive. In a way, it doesn't matter since they won't work in Catalina anyway, but it still shouldn't do that.
If you need Office and don't want to revert to a backup with an older OS, then I would strongly suggest getting Office 365, or the one-time cost Office 2019. The main reason being, if your Excel or other Office docs are even just somewhat complex, it's unlikely OpenOffice will display them correctly. Apple's, very weak substitutes, Pages/Numbers, even less likely.
It's also important to keep in mind who uses your data. Do you share files between clients? If so, then seriously, don't even consider anything but a newer version of Office. Your clients will eventually pull their business away from you if they have to juggle getting files to and from you using apps that are not fully compatible.
What version of Microsoft office are you using because if it is older than 2016 it will not work on Catalina. If the version of office is newer than 2013 than you might need to renew your subscription.
chelsica wrote:
i dont really know what version it is but its one of the installed apps when the macair was bought 2013-2014
Microsoft Office older than updated 2016 will not run with Catalina. You can open your Word and Excel documents with a newer version of Office, with LibreOffice, with Pages and Numbers, ...
You can upgrade MS Office to Microsoft Office 2019 Home and Student for Mac or Office 365 or go back two your previous version: Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version - Apple Support
Depending on how extensive your use of Office is you could also use the open source, free LibreOffice. It can open, read, edit, create Office documents and see them in either Office formats or their own formats, The same goes for Apple's Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps.
Fudgemulkern wrote:
I upgraded to Catalina in error and I've lost Microsoft office 11 what can I do
Buy a 64 bit version of Office or revert to a previous operating system. I personally would not revert to an older operating system.
If your Microsoft Office is older than the 2016 64 bit version it will not work with Catalina. Only 64 bit apps are compatible with Catalina. As to where your Microsoft Office went, we have no idea. Maybe you deleted it.
If you have a backup of your hard drive this Apple document will help: Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version - Apple Support
that is most likely because the app is too old for your application is too old for your operating system
What happens when you try to use Microsoft Office? Any error messages?
the usual place of word at the dock has a huge question mark on it. when i put the cursor over it it says microsoft word the same goes for excel and powerpoint. when i click on it nothing happens even an error doesnt appear.
Kurt Lang wrote:
It's also important to keep in mind who uses your data. Do you share files between clients? If so, then seriously, don't even consider anything but a newer version of Office. Your clients will eventually pull their business away from you if they have to juggle getting files to and from you using apps that are not fully compatible.
That said, remember, too, that the opposite is also true. If you install a later version of Microsoft Office, and your clients have old versions, files you create may not be compatible with theirs. You may have to save files in older formats (eg .doc instead of .docx) for them to read them.
Yup, that can happen, too. But generally, as the vendor, you need to be compatible with them, not they with you.
If the other way around with you as the customer, if you send your vendor something their older version of software can't open, they need to purchase a version that can.
It's the very rare client who will dumb down their documents for a vendor. They expect you to be able to work with them. Not the other way around.
Edit: I should add, this is the (mostly) normal sequence if the client it sending you their files. It can be completely the other way around. Such as, you're hired to build a 16 page mailing advertisement for a resort, or whatever. They hired you because they have neither the skills or software to do it. So anything you use, InDesign, Quark XPress, is up to you. That they can't open the completed docuement is irrelevant. They hired you to do the work.
i have a lot of word and excel files that i cant open anymore so i really need office
i dont really know what version it is but its one of the installed apps when the macair was bought 2013-2014
microsoft office disappeared
