“A support document published by Microsoft, and some AppleInsider testing, shows that while the newer versions of the office productivity suite will mostly work with High Sierra now, the current version does not — and older versions are getting left behind,” Mike Wuerthele reports for AppleInsider.
“In the support document, published shortly after the reveal of High Sierra, Microsoft declares that while the Office 2016 suite of applications from unreleased version 15.35 and later do work, users will still have to endure problems while waiting for a future update,” Wuerthele reports. “According to Microsoft, ‘not all Office functionality may be available’ and stability problems may manifest where ‘apps unexpectedly quit.'”
“Microsoft notes in the same memorandum that Office for Mac 2011 ‘have not been tested’ and ‘no formal support for this configuration will be provided,'” Wuerthele reports. “Office for Mac 2011 will also cease all support from Microsoft on October 10, 2017 and no further updates in any form will be provided after that date.”
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MacDailyNews Take: With Office 2016 version 15.35 and later, “‘not all Office functionality may be available’ and stability problems may manifest where ‘apps unexpectedly quit.'”
In other words, it works the same as when it’s supposedly updated.
For those of us who are forced to rely on Office for Mac to make an actual living, updating the OS will not be happening.
If it’s required for work, just update Office for Mac. After all, it’s a write off! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEL65gywwHQ
“Actual living” with mediocre ideas and applications. Some people even make an “actual living’ not needing any apps whatsoever. Tiny bubble you live in.
You really are weird person to insult someone because of their word processor.
I don’t plan on getting rid of my MacPro 2008, so I will just keep MS shit there and plan on using Apple software on my new Macs. Almost all I need is already in Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
Almost? I seems that you don’t use Office to its maximum capacity.
… to use the majority of the features included in Office. I used to work at an office where there were Office freaks who reveled in using all SORTS of needless features. Even if they needed me to step in and show them how it was done! When feeling snarky, I’d often create much less complex documents offering the same content. Because I COULD!
The MDN take is priceless.
Maybe MDN staff are incapable of using Office. I use Office on PCs at work and Office on my Mac at home. I’d rather use Office on a Mac than a PC.
Yeah, hilarious! (Also true.)
I don’t really want to spend much (if anything) on updating something I barely use anymore. I spend more time in FADE IN – fantastic screenplay writing software (see 3 full pages at once on my LG Ultrawide). Like it better than the current Final Draft. Scrivener is another option too.
If you have Office 2016, especially via the 365 portal or via HUP, you can select to run Beta versions of MS Office, which is updated weekly. I found this to be mostly stable, although I don’t use it a lot. I use mostly Outlook, which is mandatory from work. Even so, on High Sierra, it’s working A-Okay.
I use Office for Mac every day. It’s fine; though I prefer Apple’s offerings. Anyway, Microshit has months to go to get Office working on APFS for the masses; I expect them to do so because Office for Mac is a considerable revenue stream for them (i.e., Office 365 subscriptions).
If I’m not able to use Office I still won’t switch to iWork ’cause iWork doesn’t.
When all your clients require and expect the ability to suggest edits/track changes in Word, and use Excel for analysis of large datasets, you have no choice but to use Office. I hate using it, and estimate 35 to 40% of productivity is lost due to its “quirks”. I’ll have to work in Windows via Parallels (ugh!!). I hope it won’t be too long for the update, but Microsoft has never had a good record in this regard. The code is just too big and bloated now. Of course, back in the mid-90’s it was part of Microsoft strategy to starve the Mac users of Office, which is when Apple went from 15% of the PC market down to… (can’t remember how low it got). Steve Jobs knew they needed Office on the Mac to be updated regularly, so he made the famous deal.
If you want to complain about big and bloated, iTunes wins the prize.
There is a reason Office is the de facto standard. It started off on the Mac, by the way. iWork in comparison has been a mess, not even compatible with prior versions of itself, getting confused with the stupid iCloud, and dumbed down to iOS limitations. Office for the Mac is actually very good.
Really MDN, another juvenile hit piece against MS? Remind us all what date Apple dropped the developer beta of High Sierra for testing.
How many other developers have their Mac programs fully updated to be compatible with High Sierra?
Sheesh.
I’m the only one in my office with a Mac and don’t have MS Office. Everyone else is on Windows and “NEEDS” Office, yet when they need me to make an Office doc I’ll use iWork, and they are always asking me how I did it so quickly and professionally.
I’m still using Office 2008. Works fine on Sierra. I wonder how it will fare.