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can't open office on my MacBook air after upgrade to iOS big sur

After I upgraded mac book air to OS big sur I can't open any ms office program. When I try to open a file I'm asked to pay for a subscription to office 365. But I already pay to have the ms office

Posted on Jun 26, 2021 6:51 AM

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Posted on Jun 26, 2021 11:58 AM

If you have an older version of Office, like Office 2011, your Office won’t work with BigSur (nor did it work with Catalina). Older versions are 32-bit apps and Catalina and BigSur need 64-bit apps.

You can either subscribe to Office 365 or buy Office 2019

There are free alternatives:

  • if you have an outlook.com account, you can use the webversion of Office (go to their website)
  • try the free OfficeLibre for Mac that works really fine together with Office files https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/
  • Apple’s own Pages, Numbers and Keynote (already on your Mac)
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Jun 26, 2021 11:58 AM in response to marios112

If you have an older version of Office, like Office 2011, your Office won’t work with BigSur (nor did it work with Catalina). Older versions are 32-bit apps and Catalina and BigSur need 64-bit apps.

You can either subscribe to Office 365 or buy Office 2019

There are free alternatives:

  • if you have an outlook.com account, you can use the webversion of Office (go to their website)
  • try the free OfficeLibre for Mac that works really fine together with Office files https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/
  • Apple’s own Pages, Numbers and Keynote (already on your Mac)

can't open office on my MacBook air after upgrade to iOS big sur

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