MS Office; Re AutoUpdate & Updating Elimination

[Robert4]

Hello,

Regarding MS Office "Auto Update":

Due to the incredible slow opening speeds of WORD and Excel,
I downloaded it per suggestions, and have it set to "Manual".

Is this the best I can do with "disabling" this AutoUpdate which i don't need, or want ?

Is there a way of disabling it or eliminating any and all updating, or is this the best that one can do ?

Thanks,
B.

 

[nambuccaheadsau]

What version of Office? Are you running the latest 16.18? Auto Update vewrsion?

 

[Robert4]

Hi,

Sr. Citizen now, and frankly not too sharp with this.

I downloaded the AutoUpdater from MS a day ago, so undoubtedly the latest.

Re Office, I bought it a few months ago when I bought my iMac, so probably the latest also.
It is: OFFICE, Home and Student, 2016

This incredibly slow opening of WORD and Excel is really more than annoying.
No other software I have on Mac requires anywhere near the time thse two OFFICE products do.
Would sure like to find a way of speeding it up.

Thanks for help; appreciate it,
Bob

What version of Office? Are you running the latest 16.18? Auto Update vewrsion?

 

[mikehalloran]

Office has always been slow. Still running 2008 here although I have 2011 and ran it when 2008 was unusable (Snow Lion through Yosemite).

I would not disable Auto Update. Placing it on Manual Update is fine. Check it about once a month and, if an update is recommended, run it at your convenience.

Dreading the day I have to update to the latest. I expect that to happen next year when 32bit goes away for good.

I don't know about 2016/365 but earlier versions of Office hate App Nap. Try disabling that and see if it helps.
http://osxdaily.com/2014/05/13/disable-app-nap-mac-os-x/

The latest version is Office 2019, released Sept 18. If on 365 Subscription, you get it as a regular update. If not, it's an upgrade—check with MS to see if your 2016 purchase was recent enough.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mic...ce-2019-is-now-available-for-windows-and-mac/