Is there anyone here that have used MS Office 2008 with El Capitan and can inform me if it works or not? Word and Excel works fine with Yosemite and I do not want to upgrade to El Capitan if Office 2008 if it does not work. Thank you.
A near 20 year old piece of software is hardly likely to run well, problems will abound ( assuming that you can even install it ) time for a newer Office, you have had your moneys worth.
I updated to El Capitan from Snow Leopard as our iphones (6 and 6S) would not connect to itunes without updates to itunes that would not happen under the old version. Also, we were running into issues with Entourage on Rogers with an error message about an invalid certificate and an imap dns certificate error and loss of security. I say ok and the email (Entourage) functions normally but it happens every time I open the program. Rogers would have nothing to do with a fix, as it is a software issue. I was running Office: Mac 2008. Since the update i have more problems and the issue with the certificate error has not gone away. The errors include always having to allow incoming networks every time on programs such as itunes, Entourage (of course), and anything else in my firewall list (Security & Privacy) that requires a network connection - and this is something that happens every time now. There is not even the option to 'Don't ask me again'!! Very, very frustrated with Apple right now! I removed Office 2008 from my system and was going to do a reinstall but el Capitan will not load the software from the disc, and no, there is nothing wrong with the cd/dvd player as I tried other discs and it works fine...what a fuss, and any good support does not exist. I do not want to go messing around with code! Sigh!
Well technically less than 10 but in computer years I think that amounts to more like 20...maybe 30!! Had to get rid of 2008 altogether and have Office 365 running error free now! That's a relief and ain't messing around with it anymore! No more certificate errors... jaysus that was annoying!
Had to get rid of 2008 altogether. Running Office 265 now and error free...so far! Ain't messing around with it anymore. My old computer is new again! Over and out!
Office 365 running from my computer now and error free so far... enough of that! My old computer is new again!!!
I use Word 2009 on my early Imac24 on El Capitan for years, until MicroSoft killed it on my machine. Now I cannot find a word processer that will work. I tried to update to Sierra, but was told it doen't work on my computer. I don't know if the OS doesn't work or whether I don't have enough storage. Apple refuses to say which is true.
Also I cannot find anything else that runs on my computer. Why did MicroSoft kill my Word 2008? It was mine.
Yes it fires up. YMMV
Thank you. I installed El Capitan and Office 2008 works for me.
No. It will not install from CD/DVD for me.
My office 2008 is not working, it wants me to register it which is no longer possible(?). The software update comes up and a screen asking me to register office, which takes me to generic office support website. Anyone know how to fix this issue?
I installed El Capitan and guess what? Both Excel 2008 and Word 2008 fail on starting up. I updated MS Office 2008 to the latest version, but no change. Currently struggling with Pages and Numbers!
I only did update Yosemite with El Capitan, not a clean install. Maybe that is why Office 2008 works fine for me?
I did the same (Yosemite to El Capitan standard upgrade), different outcome. It remains a mystery.
Strange. Is your version 12.3.6? That is the version I have.
Was on a prior version at the time of the El Capitan upgrade, I then upgraded MS Office to 12.3.6 to see if that solved the problem. It didn't. I'm now waiting to see if anything emerges from MS.
Does MS Office 2008 work with El Capitan?
