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[Bigtone]

Hi

I need a little bit of help, please. I've just purchased a 21.5 Mac updated to 2013, with Catalonia, and I thought I could put Office 2016 for Mac on it but all I get is being pointed to office 365. I don't want the expense of office 365. Can anyone give me a workaround or what Office version works with my Mac?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

Microsoft Office 2016 is officially no longer supported by Microsoft as of 2020. It's minimum macOS version is Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later. So, 2016 should work if you already have the installer. You won't be able to buy it from Microsoft any longer.

You should be able to still purchase Office Home & Student 2021 as one-time purchase for $149.99. It should be compatible with Catalina, but Microsoft only supports the three most recent versions of macOS.

You could also look into alternatives like Apple's iWork suite (Pages/Numbers/Keynote) which is free and the Google G Suite (Docs/Sheets/Slides) which is free with a Google account. Both of them are compatible with Office files - they can open/save as their Office counterparts.

Hope that helps!

C

 

[Bigtone]

Hello and welcome.

Microsoft Office 2016 is officially no longer supported by Microsoft as of 2020. It's minimum macOS version is Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later. So, 2016 should work if you already have the installer. You won't be able to buy it from Microsoft any longer.

You should be able to still purchase Office Home & Student 2021 as one-time purchase for $149.99. It should be compatible with Catalina, but Microsoft only supports the three most recent versions of macOS.

You could also look into alternatives like Apple's iWork suite (Pages/Numbers/Keynote) which is free and the Google G Suite (Docs/Sheets/Slides) which is free with a Google account. Both of them are compatible with Office files - they can open/save as their Office counterparts.

Hope that helps!

C

Thanks for the reply, it helps in a way but it doesn't in another. I already have a copy of 2016 with the key but again it starts to install then a window pops up stating that I need 365. As for apple products, as I already have a large collection of Word and Excel files that I can't open and I need to to standardise for those who have access to my files, I need office.

 

[Cory Cooper]

OK, thanks. I re-read and it seems you have a copy already but cannot install.

Microsoft's documentation states you should still be able to install: Reinstall and reactivate Office 2016 for Mac

When the popup comes on the screen, is there no way to cancel it and continue with the install? Can you add a screen shot?

Maybe the Microsoft Support Community folks can help, since there are Microsoft Agent|Moderators there?

C

 

[MacsBug]

Hi there,

It seems like you have an online installer for Office 2016. You need to use a standalone installer in order to be able to install Office 2016 for Mac. You can download the latest installer for Office 2016 at https://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/...Microsoft_Office_16.16.20101200_Installer.pkg

After you install office 2016, you will need to sign into the Microsoft Account that you purchased the key under in order to Activate Office 2016.

 

[markosjal]

A. work-around ... I would suggest LibreOffice. Its free, open source and allows you to work with most types of Microsoft Office files. Truthfully I wonder why people still pay for Microsoft Office. https://www.libreoffice.org