I am still using Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Home & Student Edition). I would like to upgrade. Can I upgrade to Office for Mac 2011 (still available?) or do I have to get Office for Mac 2016? I use WORD and have a lot of documents created in my genealogy.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), Have Time capsule
Office 2011 still works even with El Capitan. If you upgrade to Office 2016, then you can only buy the annual subscription at $99.00/year. Office 2011 can be found for $139.00.
If you don't require 100% compatibility you can use the freeware Libre Office.
Are you saying I can upgrade from Office 2008 to 2011 and that it can be found for $139? Where do I find it?
Why would you upgrade to an old version rather than to the 2016 version? See my link below.
The standalone version of Office 2016 for Mac is available from Microsoft for $149. (no subscription)
Can I upgrade from 2008 to 2016 and bypass 2011? Kappy above seemed to indicate that if I upgraded from 2008 to 2016, I could only buy a yearly subscription to 2016 - not a stand alone version of 2016. Do I got direct to Microsoft to buy version 2016?
Click on my link below. It goes directly to the stand alone version of 2016.
I have seen it available on Amazon.com and via a Google search for it.
You can buy a standalone version of Office 2016 for $149.00, but my understanding is if there is an upgrade to a new version each year, then you pay that same amount again. Hence, the $99.00/yr subscription could well prove less expensive over time.
I don't know what your Office requirements are, but for word processing. presentation, and data management you would fair well trying Libre Office which is free. Its version of Excel, however, is not fully compatible with the Office version. There are some special features in Excel not implemented in Libre Office like macros and external data management. However, Libre Office includes a data management application similar to Access. This isn't present at all in any Office products for the Mac.
It was and might right now still be possible to subscribe to Office365 and chose deliberately to install the previous i.e. Office 2011 version. However I did relatively recently see an announcement that this was going to be stopped meaning you would then only be able to use Office 2016. The impression I got was that if you had downloaded and activated Office 2011 prior to this deadline it would still work but after this deadline you would no longer be able to download the previous version.
Another approach which like Office365 is probably not any help to you is an Office Volume License. A volume license is typically for a minimum of five copies and historically has also allowed you to install the previous version. A volume license also covers both Mac and Windows versions. So in theory you could buy a volume license and then download and install Office 2011 for Mac.
You final option is to find a reseller still selling Office 2011. The problem here is that I would suspect such sellers would tend to be less reputable. As a result the product might be fake i.e. using a fake or hacked key, or might be a used key which means Microsoft might refuse to 'activate' it again. Amazon and/or eBay would be two typical channels.
Note: Even if listed on Amazon it is likely to be from a 'Marketplace Reseller' rather than Amazon themselves. While not all Marketplace resellers are dodgy a lot are.
I am still using Microsoft Office for Mac 2008. I would like to upgrade. Can I upgrade to Office for Mac 2011 (still available? or do I have to get Office for Mac 2016?
