MS Office 2011 Compatible with OS X Yosemite 10.10.4?

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mmmoncada1 Author

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MS Office 2011 Compatible with OS X Yosemite 10.10.4?

Apple replaced my hard drive and loaded OS X Yosemite 10.10.4

They didn't reinstall MSOffice 2011 and in my attempt to reinstall, the program indicated the install was completed.

When I click on the MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint Icons the program never loads.

When I attempt to open a MSWord/Excel/Powerpoint file nothing loads.

I have to force quit each program.

What do I need to do to complete the install?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 14, 2015 8:34 PM

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Answer 1

MadisonP

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Jul 14, 2015 9:50 PM in response to mmmoncada1

Greetings,

MS Office 2011 is compatible with Yosemite: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2581812

What do I need to do to complete the install?

See this MS article for more information: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2435801

Hope that helps,

Madison

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Answer 2

VikingOSX

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Jul 15, 2015 12:51 AM in response to mmmoncada1

What you really need to do in your circumstance is to follow Microsoft's steps for completely uninstalling Office for Mac 2011. Then reinstall it.

Before you can use it, upgrade it to its Service Pack 1, and then from there, just apply 14.4.52 or later. This will make it compatible to Yosemite.

The other approach is to evaluate what it will cost to upgrade from Office for Mac 2011 to the new Office 2016 for Mac via a personal $6/mo Office 365 plan. If you already have this plan, you should be able to download/install Office 2016 for Mac now at no additional cost. The newer office was explicitly designed for Yosemite, and compatibility with the current Office for Windows.

Now that Microsoft is offering Office 2016 for Mac, they have entirely redone their Mactopia and microsoft/mac web sites to reflect the new product, and now pretend that Office for Mac 2011 never existed.

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