Microsoft Word Updates

Office for Mac running macOS Catalina

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

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

Update the software

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac


The current Office for Mac; Office 365 or Office 2019 (One-time purchase) are OK with Catalina

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

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

This stand alone includes Outlook—

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-business-2019/cfq7ttc0k7cq?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

No, the App Store apps will require you to subscribe to Microsoft 365.

Buy from Microsoft:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-student-2019/cfq7ttc0k7c8?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab

You can purchase Office 2019 if you’d rather avoid a subscription. If you have Office 2016, v15.35 or later will run on Catalina.