Due to the latest news about MS Office 2011 not working in Hi Sierra I am hesitant on upgrading. I use Office daily. I could upgrade to 2016 but that will cost me $229 which I cant afford at this time. Will there be testers here that can verify for sure if Office 2011 will work in Sierra? Thanks.
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Upgrade to Hi Sierra or not?
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Or, upgrade and use VMWare/Parallels/VirtualBox to run vanilla Sierra for Office 2011.
But I can't imagine why you would - 2011 edition sucks in every way versus the latest ones. It's slower, even on a system with an SSD, and the UI was atrocious in my opinion. If you use Office a lot, definitely invest in the new version.
But I can't imagine why you would - 2011 edition sucks in every way versus the latest ones. It's slower, even on a system with an SSD, and the UI was atrocious in my opinion. If you use Office a lot, definitely invest in the new version.
If I remember Office 2011 was insanely slow, even when it came out in 2010. It would take MINUTES to load on my then brand new MBP 2011 (in 2011) with 8GB of 1600MHZ ram..... Office 2016 took less than 30 seconds when it came out in 2015.
I would recommend switching over and using PAGES, unless you have some compelling reason not to.
Exactly, and Pages is a good recommendation. It got me through uni just a few years ago (before Word had iOS apps) due to its syncing with my iPad and iPhone. Plus it's more intuitive to create an attractive document and alter object placement in my opinion. It's my go-to, unless I get sent a Word file in which case I always use Word 2016 (acquired a volume licence via work, hehe).
OP:
What version of the OS are you using now?
Are you having any problems with it?
If the answer is "no", perhaps you ought to "stay put where you are".
Editorial comment:
I'm bemused by the number of Mac users who seem obsessed that they "have to upgrade to the latest and greatest", or else be left behind.
Older copies of the OS continue to work. I still have 10.6.8 on my old 2010 MacBook Pro, and it still runs well enough.
End of editorial comment.
Having said that, I'm current running "in experimental mode" on HiSierra, and downloading developer beta #9 as I type this...
What version of the OS are you using now?
Are you having any problems with it?
If the answer is "no", perhaps you ought to "stay put where you are".
Editorial comment:
I'm bemused by the number of Mac users who seem obsessed that they "have to upgrade to the latest and greatest", or else be left behind.
Older copies of the OS continue to work. I still have 10.6.8 on my old 2010 MacBook Pro, and it still runs well enough.
End of editorial comment.
Having said that, I'm current running "in experimental mode" on HiSierra, and downloading developer beta #9 as I type this...
Hmm. I opened a Word file with Pages, no problem. I could not open an Excel file with Numbers. I tried to just open Numbers, as if I was going to start a new document. It did not open. There was no change on the screen that I could see, no icon for Numbers in the Dock.
I have Office 2011 and macOS Sierra 12.11.6
I don't recall ever opening Pages or Numbers in the past.
I suggest to wait until Office 2016 is fully running under High Sierra. Even with Office 2016 the latest versions available today are supposed to run, but incur stability issues. I would assume MS will fix this with a version that is available soon after High Sierra is officially released. I am running Sierra now with Office 2016 and it runs without issues. I will hold off on High Sierra until I see Office 2016 versions out there that run without issues. Kind of a bummer as I think my 2017 MBP is really designed to take full advantage of High Sierra.
Well I bought MS Office 2016 and its not that much different from Office 2011! Its got new colors and a few more features, but I mean compared to the Windows version it pales in comparison! At work we are using Office 2010 which has lots and lots and lots of features that the Mac versions do not. I use Office at home for my own personal use, but most companies run Windows and run MS Office for windows which is very feature packed.
I think that Office 2016 is better than 2011 just because you can direct access OneDrive.
Try using outlook. Nowhere near the Windows counterpart, even an older version for Windows!
Eh - Office 2016 gets regularly updates and faster updates when joining Insider program.
[doublepost=1504375777][/doublepost]And Office works great when using OneNote and OneDrive for example with Windows 10 Mobile.
By the way what computer do you use?
I have both MS Office and and running the latest beta on High Sierra (9) and both MS Office versions work find???? But we are a few weeks from the official release so just wait.
Whatever you do do NOT buy the boxed version. Get the subscription or you'll end up with old software again. You can get the one install for $69.99/year. Microsoft no longer offers upgrade pricing.
Considering the changes to High Sierra with APFS, I wouldn't be in a big hurry to upgrade. Stick with Sierra. You might have other 32 bit apps that will need upgrading as well. How to find 32-bit apps installed on your Mac