Compitability of MacOS Monterery with MS office 2016,2019,2021

I have MacBook Air 13inch, 2017 model & now needs MS office to install in it. Presently I am running MacOS Monterery 12.7.6 version(maxed by Apple).

Please guide me, which Edition of MS office (2016,2019 or 2021) is complete compitable for Mabook Air 2017(OS-Monterery 12.7.6).

yesterday, after searching many website including microsoft, Chatgpt. I bought licence key of Office 2021. But after redeeming in Microsoft account, i downloaded 2021 package, but when i click on dmg file to finally install in my Mac Air 2017, it refuged to install & activate, as OS Monterery is not supported for Office 2021.

All money wasted. Now I come before u community to guide me, please

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Nov 8, 2025 11:39 PM

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Lee Warren 500

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Posted on Nov 23, 2025 2:16 PM

Lee Warren 500 wrote:

There is a webpage on Microsoft's website with links to download previous revisions of Office 2019 and 2021 that are compatible with each of the supported earlier versions of the macOS. I used the link there, downloaded the latest rev of MS Office 2021 for Monterey, and it installed ok and is working as it should today. I don't have that page address handy as I write this, but I will look for it. In the mean time, I suggest to do a web search for that MS download page with earlier revisions of Office 2021. Good luck!

Here is the Microsoft web page that outlines the MS Office release versions available for Mac for the last six years and provides links to download those installers;

Update history for Office for Mac - Office release notes | Microsoft Learn

for Sierra, download Office suite version 16.29
for High Sierra, download Office suite version 16.43
for Mojave, download Office suite version 16.54
for Catalina, download Office suite version 16.66
for Big Sur, download Office suite version 16.77
for Monterey, download Office suite version 16.88
for Ventura, download Office suite version 16.101

As of this posting, it appears that MS has discontinued installer download links for Office versions older than those supporting macOS Sierra, and that link may disappear soon. It may be worth downloading the older installers now if you think you may need to support legacy macOS versions in the future.

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Nov 10, 2025 6:52 AM in response to VikingOSX

That was a quote directly from thst Microsoft site, which probably means that their technical writers overlooked and forgot to update that particular statement.

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Nov 10, 2025 12:41 PM in response to Kurt Lang

I can remember when the only writing tools I had available were in the AT&T Documenter's Workbench and Microsoft wasn't even a twinkle in Mr. Gates eye yet.