There's been a lot of 'back & forth' regarding the compatibility of Microsoft Office 2008 and OSX 10.7, so I decided to check for myself.
1 new copy of Office 2008 later, installation was perfectly normal, the installer runs the same way it did under 10.6.8 and the application (all of it) works perfectly.
So:
MS Office 2008 is compatible with OSX 10.7
🙂
Wish we could make 'stickies' in this forum 😟
Sticky Bump 🙂
I did the same thing the week Lion was released, and posted a similar post. Good to know others are having the same experience.
I remember your post, shame that others don't (OK, I had to try for myself, not suggesting that I don't trust your observations but .... you know)
No worries! I know exactly what you mean.
he gents, do you know why my Office 2008 is not running under Lion? I had the latest version of Office 2008, and now on a new IMac it says that Office is not installed correctly? By the way, all programs were transferred from a previous Mac. Thanks!
Save yourself the investigative time, reinstall Office, your data files and settings will be preserved.
Thanks for your reply. I did already do a reinstall, but I still have the same errors???
What errors
now it works (after the second time reinstalling), thanks!
j.h.m. wrote:
now it works (after the second time reinstalling), thanks!
Great
Am tempted Switching to OS X Lion...never mind that Snow Leopard has a cooler name....Can i have the heads-up that i wont be kicking myslef once i switch? As is, i have a troube free experience with Office for Mac 2K8 running of snow....keep me posted folks !
judefromkampala wrote:
...Can i have the heads-up that i wont be kicking myslef once i switch? As is, i have a troube free experience with Office for Mac 2K8 running of snow....keep me posted folks !
I would sugest that you install Lion on a seperate partiton and test it yourself to see if you'll have a 'trouble free experience'.
I have read somewhere, (but can't find it again at the moment) that Installing a new copy of Office 2008 on Lion only works if you have a new installer CD. I have heard that if your Installer CD is 12.0.x than, that version is PPC and requires Rosetta (and will not install), but if your Installer CD has version 12.1.x or higher on it, that installer version is not PPC based and does not need Rosetta, so it will linstall in Lion.
Can anyone verify this?
Thanks
Kalagan
Here is what I know about it. I bought my copy of Office for Mac 2008 the week it was released, which would have made it in Jan. 2008. The date stamp on the installer on my disc is 1st December 2007. It is not a "PPC installer." I have successfully used this retail disc to install Office for Mac 2008 to multiple installs of Lion, since I was in the customer seed program.
Office 2008 & Lion
