Microsoft Office 2011

[Bill21]

I’ve managed to get a second hand copy of Office 2011 for Mac to run under OS 10.9 Mavericks.
I had trouble getting it to work as it kept crashing but following some online advice I managed to change something in Terminal and it now works. The next problem is that I can’t register the software, no doubt because it’s trying to get to a web address discontinued by Microsoft many years ago. It looks like I’ve only got 15 days before it stops working? Anyone got any ideas to get round this? I doubt Microsoft are going to be very sympathetic about second hand long discontinued software.
It’s also advised to update Office to 14.7.7 but I can’t see anyone having the update?

 

[Fuchal]

You can download the update here https://archive.org/download/micros...tudent/Update/Office2011-1477Update_EN-US.dmg

 

[Bill21]

I’ve managed to get that update but it won’t work with 14.0.0. Currently trying to download update 14.1.0

Edit: Update 14.1.0 and 14.7.7 now applied.

After quitting word I get a crash log saying it’s unexpectedly quit. Any ideas?

 

[Mrbobb]

After running Office 2011 for over a decade, I do believe Microsoft is telling us PAY UP, and even demands the subscription model, no forever licensing. I've been using LibreOffice for over a year now, no issues.

 

[conmee]

Anyone using ONLYOFFICE? Seems to look very similar to Microsoft Office. Can't speak to its capabilities or compatibility yet.

 

[vindasal]

Straight from Microsoft themselves: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...mac-2011-a6965deb-1710-4753-ae1e-36a539a34561

I do not condone piracy but to state the obvious it is no longer necessary to have a unique product key or activate Office 2011, just download the file from that link and hold onto it, it will work forever.

 

[bogdanw]

Any ideas?

See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/activation-in-2023-of-microsoft-office-2011.2399842/

 

[Bill21]

Straight from Microsoft themselves: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...mac-2011-a6965deb-1710-4753-ae1e-36a539a34561

I do not condone piracy but to state the obvious it is no longer necessary to have a unique product key or activate Office 2011, just download the file from that link and hold onto it, it will work forever.

Thanks very much for that, I’ll give it a try. 😉

 

[gilby101]

Anyone using ONLYOFFICE? Seems to look very similar to Microsoft Office. Can't speak to its capabilities or compatibility yet.

Easier to use than LibreOffice. My advice when leaving MS Office: Try ONLYOFFICE first, LibreOffice second.