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Nor does Microsoft update and service Office for Mac for corporate customers as it does the far more popular Windows SKU (stock-keeping unit).

Microsoft has repeatedly classified Office for Mac as a consumer product to justify the half-measure, even for the edition labeled 'Home and Business.' Unlike the Windows version of Office, which receives 10 years of security support, those that run on macOS are allotted half that. The impending cutoff for Office for Mac 2011 is an issue only because Microsoft shortchanges Office for Mac users. At the time, Microsoft cited the long-standing policy of supporting a to-be-retired product for '2 years after the successor product is released' when it added time to 2011. But in the summer of 2015, when it was clear that 2011's successor would not be ready by early 2016, Microsoft extended its lifespan by 21 months. Office for Mac 2011's end-of-support deadline was originally slated for January 2016, approximately five years after the productivity package's release.

#Microsoft office 2011 for mac book pro install#

10, IT administrators must deploy Office for Mac 2016 or instruct workers covered by Office 365 to download and install the newer suite's applications from the subscription service's portal. To receive security and non-security updates after Oct. The individual applications - Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word - will continue to operate after support ends, but companies will be taking a risk, however small, that malware exploiting an unpatched flaw will surface and compromise systems.

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As of that date, the Redmond, Wash., developer will cease supplying patches for security vulnerabilities or fixes for other bugs, and halt both free and paid assisted support. 10, a date Microsoft first stamped on the calendar two years ago, but has not widely publicized since. Microsoft's advice about Office for Mac 2011 wasn't unexpected, since support for the application suite is slated to end Oct. (Version 15.35 was released in June since then, Microsoft has issued 15.36 in July and 15.37 in August.) 'In some cases, you may not be able to launch the Office apps ,' Microsoft said.Īpple is expected to release High Sierra to customers in September.

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In the same document, Microsoft told those running the newer Office 2016 for Mac that they must update its applications to version 15.35 or later, if they intend to upgrade their Macs to High Sierra. 'Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Lync have not been tested on macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and no formal support for this configuration will be provided,' Microsoft wrote in a support document. Looks like the rumored deal via which Bing would have become the default engine on those platforms never came through (or at least hasn't yet).Microsoft has warned users of Office for Mac 2011 not to upgrade to Apple's macOS High Sierra when the new operating system launches next month. In other Apple news this week, Microsoft announced that Bing will be one of the search engine providers listed in Safari on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Office 2011 will feature Outlook (instead of Entourage), a Mac-customized version of Microsoft’s Ribbon interface support for the Personal Folders (.PST) e-mail archiving protocol and the ability to co-author documents with others using SkyDrive and SharePoint, the Softies have said. Interestingly, Microsoft has been advising Windows users to go with the 32-bit version of Office 2010, rather than the 64-bit version, unless they have these very large data requirements. Where 64-bit can make a difference is for people working with huge amounts of data, such as those creating very large Excel files with data in millions of cells, or PowerPoint presentations with thousands of high resolution images.' Most users with typical or even larger-than-average document content will not notice a difference in performance. 'Because Apple's frameworks require us to complete the move to Cocoa before we can build a 64-bit version, Office 2011 will be 32-bit only.The largest difference between using a 32-bit and 64-bit version is the memory capacity available for your content.