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Microsoft Office Products

After updating to Catalina on my five year old Mac, my Office software (Word, Excel, and PP) no longer work. I'm being asked to subscribe to Office with an annual fee. What's going on? Am I simply out of luck and must I subscribe?

Posted on Jul 10, 2020 2:53 PM

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Posted on Jul 10, 2020 3:06 PM

Your older Office will probably be a 32-bit version and that doesn't work on Catalina. You have a few choices:

You could also have a look if the free Apple apps Pages, Numbers and Keynote work for what you need

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Jul 10, 2020 3:06 PM in response to ccargso

Your older Office will probably be a 32-bit version and that doesn't work on Catalina. You have a few choices:

You could also have a look if the free Apple apps Pages, Numbers and Keynote work for what you need

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