Compatibility list for High Sierra ?

Well I'm really glad it all worked for some of you, but it quit working for me and I like to think I'm pretty savvy with my Mac and work arounds. Like I mentioned previously, I've bought Office 2016 and will install it when I re-upgrade to High Sierra. Just because Office 2011 is working for some High Sierra users, it isn't really fair to make a blanket statement that your experience will automatically apply to all users. I've found numerous reports of the same issue I had along with numerous reports of it working and also not working. Remember each of us has a different Mac with various configurations and other software installed.

For the record I did have all the latest MS updates installed on the system.

Given that support and updates for Office 2011 are discontinued, the best option for me was to pay to upgrade to Office 2016 to avert future problems for at least a while.

Your experience may vary....

If you maintained a full cloned backup, there would be no risk.

iWork works fine.

In fact I am using Pages instead of Word, and it opens all my Word docs without problem.

My Office 2011 works just fine on High Sierra, especially after the recent Office 2011 updates.

You have a good point, and I must admit that I have been contemplating an upgrade to Office 1016, in that 2011 works but is quite slow, and 2011 may not work with future updates.

https://roaringapps.com/apps?platform=osx

And you can search within there

https://roaringapps.com/apps?os=high-sierra&status=✓&platform=osx

For instance, I see that MS Office 2011 does not work

https://roaringapps.com/apps?os=high-sierra&status=×&platform=osx

and you can get further info

https://roaringapps.com/app/microsoft-office-2011

Well, I know for sure that Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac will not work with Mac OS High Sierra.

No, you don't know that. As many have reported, it works just fine.

You shouldn't be making unsubstantiated remarks.

Well, yes and no. depending upon how one defines "compatibility". For example, let's say a Windows user sends you an Office Word document that you want to open in Pages. Whether it is 100% compatible is dependent upon what the Office user included in the Word document, your own fonts, printer drivers, and so on.

For example, this table of Word to Pages shows features that are supported, partially supported, and not supported.

Pages - Mac Compatibility - Apple

While the bulk of the features are clearly common to both operating systems, it is the partially supported or unsupported features that can drive users of either OS up the proverbial wall. For example, bulleted lists, some paragraph styles, partial carry over of headers or footers.

Here are the other charts for Numbers and Keynote

Numbers - Mac Compatibility - Apple

Keynote - Mac Compatibility - Apple

Here is quote from Jim Gordon, an MVP participant on MS Forums, a little dated and it refers to older versions of Word, but it has important caveats. The key line is at the end "Inevitably, some documents may need to be tweaked, as a result."

Windows to Mac Compatibility - Microsoft Community

As for having documents be identical when moving from one computer to another there are factors you must consider. This is true PC to PC, PC to Mac, Mac to Mac, and Mac to PC. Microsoft Word is a word processor that has text that flows, unlike a PDF or page layout program. Any difference in font or printer driver from one machine to another has the potential to affect spacing, breaks, window & orphans, paragraphs, etc. To repeat - these changes have nothing to do with Mac to PC, rather they are caused by computer to computer differences.

Your documents should look the same on the Mac as long as ALL of these conditions are met:

* The documents on the PC originated in Microsoft Word 2010 with service pack 2

* The documents were saved in a current OOXML file format in Word 2010

* The documents used only fonts supplied with Microsoft Office 2010

* Old versions of the same fonts are not installed or active on either the Mac or the PC

* The documents are opened on the Mac in Microsoft Word 2011

* The current versions of the Microsoft Office fonts are active on the Mac

* The printer driver on the Mac behaves identically to the printer driver that was being used on the PC where the documents were saved.

The behavior of Word is identical on the two platforms with regard to the formatting you expressed concern about. There are conditions that must be met if you want your documents to look alike when moving from one computer to another - regardless of platform. It's the fonts, file formats and printer drivers that are the sticky points when moving a document from one computer to another regardless of platform.

These are hard to control from a user perspective. In Word 2010 with SP 2 you could use macros to make sure your documents have only Microsoft Office fonts and are saved in the current file format before bringing them to the Mac, and even save them as a PDF for future reference. You won't have control over how exactly matching your printer drivers will be - even if you are using the same printer. Inevitably, some documents may need to be tweaked, as a result.

And I would also say that his words apply as well to Windows users who are exchanging Office documents among themselves created in different versions. "Inevitably, some documents may need to be tweaked, as a result."

you know for sure it won't?

Many are running it - and I ran it today (with issues since i ran it from a different disk than the external USB I placed HS on), but it did boot and run - it just could not find its associated authorization and config files. What MSFT says is it is neither tested nor supported - we're on our own.

G

If you are waiting for dust to settle, it never does, never will, and you will never upgrade. People are still complaining about Sierra, just as they did about El Capitan, Yosemite, as well every other macOS version there ever was.

Read Upgrading macOS without fear and decide for yourself.

Smart move.