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After updating to Mac OS Catalina, MIcrosoft office is not working on my macbook pro. As per the information office 2011 will not work on this OS. Therefore I have to use Office 365. In that case can I get office365 free of cost?

After updating to Mac OS Catalina, MIcrosoft office is not working on my macbook pro. As per the information office 2011 will not work on this OS. Therefore I have to use Office 365. In that case can I get office365 free of cost?

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 1:08 PM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2020 2:01 PM

No. Microsoft's upgrade policy does not offer any free upgrades from Office 2011 to an option that will run under Catalina.


Options (all but the first one below are free) include:


You can either subscribe to Microsoft 365 or you can make a one-time purchase. See: https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-for-mac?ms.officeurl=mac-compare-redir


Or use the free Microsoft Office on the web: https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web


Or Google Docs: https://www.google.com/docs/about/


Other options include using the free and very good Libre Office https://www.libreoffice.org/


or Apple's Pages and Numbers

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Aug 10, 2020 2:01 PM in response to usahu

No. Microsoft's upgrade policy does not offer any free upgrades from Office 2011 to an option that will run under Catalina.


Options (all but the first one below are free) include:


You can either subscribe to Microsoft 365 or you can make a one-time purchase. See: https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-for-mac?ms.officeurl=mac-compare-redir


Or use the free Microsoft Office on the web: https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web


Or Google Docs: https://www.google.com/docs/about/


Other options include using the free and very good Libre Office https://www.libreoffice.org/


or Apple's Pages and Numbers

After updating to Mac OS Catalina, MIcrosoft office is not working on my macbook pro. As per the information office 2011 will not work on this OS. Therefore I have to use Office 365. In that case can I get office365 free of cost?

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