Yosemite compatibility with microsoft word 2008

Microsoft officially supports office 2011 and office 365, reports of office 2008 being both compatible and incompatible with Yosemite have been documented on various forms, the majority of which appear to be with Excel.

When you say you had a complete reinstall of Yosemite, you did a complete reinstall and update to Office 2008 as well?

I took it to the Genius Bar after I tried it myself. 3 hrs 45 min, many tests and a complete reinstall later...no further ahead. Word freezing/crashing;Excel won't open... Genius Bar guy suggests I may want to "try" an upgrade to Office 2011. grrrr

I'm running 2011 now, I think MS is going to drop support for it and I don't like the idea of subscibing to something that could potentially keep my files orphaned hostages if I decide I no longer want it.

If you have not looked into Libré Office already (completely free and MSO compatible) you can read up here and download and try it out.

https://www.libreoffice.org/

thanks -

also does word "work" when you use it in safe mode?

Final outcomes FYI Genius bar did safe mode, in-house OS, etcetc and a complete re-install of Yosemite. Finally - I uploaded Office 2011 and all is now fine, with Office anyway! Then discovered wifi connectivity problems... workplace IT folks got it sorted, and now... I think... I'm good to go

My takeaway/advice: Office 2008 does not like Yosemite, or vice versa...whatever Apple says. Lost 2+days of writing work getting this figured out. Onward...

(with thanks for ideas, JimmyCMPIT!)

your welcome, I'm telling my clients they need to put aside an additional $350 when the budget for new macs since MS does not allow corporate upgrade pricing from 2008 (to 2011)

Apple seems to be in line the Microsofts and Adobe upgrade plans which is pay us monthly so we end up making more or fall flat on your face trying to use what you paid us for a few years ago.