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I received updates and now my word and excel do not work properly

I do not know why my word, excel and power point no longer works and I use word and excel daily. I updated and am advised I need subscription. I can handle some tech stuff, but very confused about this one. My children purchased this computer less than a year ago for me and the updates are automatic. This is the first time I have been unable to work on my normal documents once completed. Thanks for any help or information.


MacBook, OS X 10.11

Posted on Dec 21, 2021 3:24 PM

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Posted on Dec 21, 2021 4:34 PM

If you wish to skip the Subscription...


Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files like Word & Excel, & Page Layout…


https://www.libreoffice.org/


And thanks to VikingOSX…

Let's not overlook SoftMaker's Office 2021 suite which has familiar Word and Excel UI design, and opens these documents in their native formats.

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Dec 21, 2021 4:34 PM in response to Hopes4

If you wish to skip the Subscription...


Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files like Word & Excel, & Page Layout…


https://www.libreoffice.org/


And thanks to VikingOSX…

Let's not overlook SoftMaker's Office 2021 suite which has familiar Word and Excel UI design, and opens these documents in their native formats.

I received updates and now my word and excel do not work properly

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