If you have not Office 2007 installed on your Mac, you can open that document using a (beta) application called MicroSoft Office Open XML Converter 0.2 that allow you to convert your file in.rtf (RichTextFormat).

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​ + + Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Not Supported on macOS High Sierra Posted on September 25th, 2017 by macOS High Sierra is due to be released to the general public today, and it's a good idea to. While it's imperative to prepare ahead of time, we also want to highlight the supportability of software that many Mac users depend on: Microsoft Office for Mac. Do you use Office for Mac 2011? Well, as of macOS 10.13 High Sierra,. This means that, if you depend on this software, you need to make some changes. You have several options of which we will focus on below. Buy Microsoft Office 2016 Your first option is to buy a copy of. This costs from $150 (Home & Student edition) to $230 (Home & Business edition).

Each of these are only valid for one user on one Mac; so, if you have more than one Mac, such as an iMac and a MacBook Pro, you won't be able to use it on both. Also, you can't share it with your family members, and if you happen to also work on a Windows PC, you won't be able to install the software. So this isn't a very flexible option.

Subscribe to Office 365 Office 365 is, which offers access to the full Office suite, along with with online features such as 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage. It comes in two versions:, for a single user, cost $7 a month, or $70 a year, and, which covers five users, costs $10 a month or $100 a year. The Personal version allows you to install the software on one Mac or PC, one iPad, and one iPhone, so it's not ideal if you have two Macs; the Home version gives you five installations of each kind. These subscriptions also include 60 minutes of Skype calls to mobile phones and landlines per month. If you run a small business, you can get Office 365 Business, with similar features, for $10 a month or $100 a year.

You also get access to Office Online, which allows you to edit Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote documents in your browser. The advantages to Office 365 are obvious: multiple devices, both computers and iOS devices, and cloud storage. If you want to use Office apps anywhere, this is the best solution. Use a Different App Microsoft Office isn't the only productivity suite out there.

In fact, unless you absolutely need to collaborate with others who use Office, there's no reason why you should use Microsoft's apps instead of others. The best alternative is one you already have on your Mac:, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. These apps offer advanced features, and are easier to use than Microsoft's Office apps. If you're just working on your own, and don't need any special pre-designed spreadsheets, Word style sheets, or Power Point templates, these apps will do most of what you need. Spreadsheet mavens may find Numbers a bit weak, and if you're used to using PowerPoint, the different features may take some learning, but all of these apps can handle most productivity needs.

There is also an iCloud version of the iWork apps, so you can compose and edit documents in any web browser, and even share your documents via the web to others who don't have the apps. Contrarily, perhaps you don't even need actual apps; instead, you might want to work on cloud documents only. This is streamlined, and allows you to access your work from any device, but the risk is that you may lose Internet access and not be able to get to your files. But you could do this, with either iCloud.com or with alternatives: Google Docs, Sheets, and others. Google offers a starting at free for basic use, going up to $5 a month for the basic G Suite package, $10 for a more enhanced package, and $25 for the enterprise version. All these prices are per user, so if you want apps for your family, Microsoft's Office 365 is a better deal (though Apple's iWork is even better, being free, but if you also use PCs, you might find iCloud.com access a bit limiting).

Working with Office Files in iWork Apps If you do use Apple's Pages, Numbers, or Keynote, you can save files in formats that Office users can read; you can also open files they send you. After you've finished working on your document, choose File Export to Word (for text documents), and you'll see a dialog offering a few options. In the Format menu, you can choose.docx or the older.doc format, if you're sharing the document with people who have older versions of Word.

You'll find similar options for Numbers and Keynote. If you receive a file created by an Office app, you can open it by double-clicking, or by right-clicking on the file and choosing Open With Pages, for example. One thing to note is that not all features translate from one format to another. One notably difference is change tracking, which you may use if you're in a collaborative environment. Some changes convert between the formats, but I wouldn't trust this to be 100% reliable.

Bottom Line If you use Microsoft Office and haven't updated in a while, you have plenty of choices. Pay for a new version, use an alternative such as iWork, or give up on that type of app entirely and use the cloud. Choose what works best for you, but also what works with the people you collaborate with.

If you haven't upgraded to macOS High Sierra yet, be sure to to ensure a smooth upgrade! About Kirk McElhearn Kirk McElhearn writes about Macs, iPods, iTunes, books, music and more on his blog.

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From: Microsoft Q&A: From Macworld Conference & Expo 2007, the head of Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit discusses the story behind the next generation of Microsoft’s productivity software suite for the Mac. Microsoft continues to deliver world-class technology products for the Mac platform – as it has for more than 20 years. Founded in 1997, Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) is a leading developer of productivity software for Mac customers worldwide. Currently available products include Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, a productivity suite that is comprised of the e-mail application and personal-information manager Entourage 2004, Word 2004, Excel 2004 and PowerPoint 2004; and Microsoft Messenger for Mac 6.0. PressPass spoke with Roz Ho, general manager for the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit, about the Mac BU’s work to build next generation software for Apple Corporation’s Intel-based Macs and about announcements Microsoft is making at Macworld Conference & Expo 2007, being held this week in San Francisco. PressPass: What have you announced at Macworld Conference & Expo 2007? Roz Ho: This year we are thrilled to announce our intent to deliver the first Universal version of Office for Mac – Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.

The new version of our productivity suite is designed to work seamlessly for users on either Intel-based Macs or PowerPCs. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is expected to be available in the second half of 2007, and will provide Mac users with tools designed to be simple, intuitive and easily discovered – to help them work smarter and more efficiently. We are excited to get this next version out as another example of our team’s dedication to building leading-edge products for the Mac platform. PressPass: What would you say are the key differentiators in the new version? Ho: With Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, we focused on what our users want the most – compatibility with PCs, along with unique features for their Mac experience. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is packed with new, Mac-first, Mac-only features that are designed to provide a unique, engaging and definitively Mac experience, along with new collaboration elements to provide increased compatibility with the 2007 Microsoft Office system for Windows.

Mac customers have told us they want quick access to tools and features within Office, and we’ve made a lot of improvements to deliver that. We share a new graphics engine with our Microsoft Windows counterparts, called Office Art 2.0, and we have a new UI that introduces the Elements Gallery. Both of these features leverage Apple OS capabilities to retain a Mac-like look and feel while taking advantage of new technologies. The other important change with this version is that like the 2007 Office system, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac will be based in the Office Open XML Format – which was approved in December by the standards body ECMA International as an international standard. Office for Mac users will benefit from the ability to access raw XML data within the file without having to parse the entire document, and ZIP-based container technology, allowing for easier recovery of corrupted documents and smaller file sizes.

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PressPass: Since Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac will be released after the 2007 Office system, how will customers be able to access the new XML files in the 2007 Office system now to ensure compatibility? Ho: We’re building file-format converters that will allow Mac users to access Office Open XML Format following the general availability of the 2007 Office system at the end of January. We will release a public beta version of the converters in the spring of 2007, and final versions of the converters will ship six to eight weeks after Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is available. For now, we recommend that Mac users advise their friends and colleagues using the 2007 Office system to save their documents as a “Word/Excel/PowerPoint 97-2003 Document” (.doc,.xls,.ppt) to ensure the documents can be easily shared across platforms. PressPass: It seems like it takes longer to issue Mac converters than the Windows-based converters, which are already available.

Why is this the case? Ho: In order to develop file-format converters, we had to wait until the 2007 Office system bits and the new file format itself were locked down and complete. We spent the last year and a half preparing and planning for our own development of file format converters for Office for Mac. This process included support work of a rich and compatible XML parser, code to understand the new package structure, and beginning work on reading and writing early development versions of the file format. Now that 2007 Office system for Windows is being released, we are working to complete compatibility with the released formats, and we will release converters once they have been tested thoroughly. PressPass: How come other vendors, like TextEdit, were able to develop converters before the Mac BU? Ho: It’s great that TextEdit can read the basic data in the file, but we have a different mandate when it comes to compatibility with the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and file fidelity is paramount.

For instance, when we ship a Word converter, our customers expect us to make sure page layout is preserved for every Word document, which requires a lot more engineering effort than just importing the text. We are working hard to make sure the converters are high quality, and we’re working on them at the same time we’re working on Office 2008 for Mac PressPass: Which versions of Office for Mac will have converters?

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Ho: We have committed to providing convertersfor the current version of Office 2004 for Mac. However, we will assess file-format converters for earlier versions of Office for Mac following the release of beta converters in the spring PressPass: What will the experience be when using converters? Ho: The converters will be available as a download from the Mac BU Web site. Once installed, the tool will allow Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac users to natively read Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac files. Users can then work in the documents as if they were created in their current file format.

Documents sent to users of the 2007 Office system for Windows will be read easily, since the 2007 Office system supports the current file formats. PressPass: How are you working with Apple to make the switch to Intel? Ho: Microsoft’s Mac customers are very important, and Apple recognizes and supports our contributions to the platform.

Interim solutions, such as Apple’s Rosetta, enable Office for Mac to run on the Intel machines while we finalize the Universal binaries that will make it possible to run this product natively on PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is being built for both kinds of machine to ensure all Mac users have access to the best Mac productivity suite. The success of our first Universal application, Microsoft Messenger for Mac 6.0, which was launched in September 2006, is a testament of our dedication to the Mac platform and to our customers to create the best Mac products. PressPass: What else is on the horizon for the Mac BU? Ho: As I’ve mentioned, we’re continuing to develop our core products that Mac users depend on. We’ll keep supporting them and delivering new features and improvements.

Beyond Office and Messenger, we’re also working on a free, Universal version of Remote Desktop Client. Compatibility is a top customer concern, and the work that we are doing with the new XML file formats, layout engines and graphics handling will drive improved file compatibility.

Customers know they’ll have more than the ability to open and share data, they know they can trust the data will appear the way it was intended. Finally, we’ll keep working with Apple to identify new technologies that will benefit our customers, including new opportunities that will arrive with Apple’s Leopard OS.

We’ll also continue to collaborate closely with other Microsoft teams to develop new and creative ways to deliver answers to common productivity problems. The future is bright for the Mac BU, and we intend to be making top-tier Mac software for a very long time. See Also.