Software and then run code on your computer which has the potential to take it over or install really bad stuff on it. And Microsoft Office itself is an attack vector for the bad guys - they can create malicious Word/Excel/PowerPoint files that can crash your Office Use the internet/connect your Mac to a network. This is a fallacy - Macs are not secure, there still isn't a Mac "virus", but there are many other forms of attack especially if you Think Macs don't get viruses and are therefore secure, so whatever. You may shrug your shoulders and (falsely) Additionally, Office 2011 itself will become insecure as Microsoft no longer provides important security updates for the suite. Firstly, the version of macOS / OS X that you stay on will eventually became insecure as Apple will eventually stop supporting it with Important things to know if you are contemplating doing this. In fact, if you don't upgrade macOS / OS X, it'll probably carry on working for a good length of time into the future but there are some Microsoft Office 2011 isn't going to stop working overnight. Thisīlog post will help clear up a few things to help you answer that question. So, if you're still running Office 2011 you probably should be asking yourself the question "What should I do?". If you already have an Office 365 subscription you can upgrade to Microsoft Office 2016 free of charge as long as you are running OS X 10.10
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac became end of life on 10th October 2017 - there will be no
While this is actually painful, but considering the fact that this is a pre-release software, Microsoft will be adding support for 10.13 macOS in the coming months or so, for the rest assured.Microsoft Office 2011 For Mac End Of Support by Graham Needham (BH) on 12th October 2017 Since, all applications in the Office for Mac 2011 suite are reaching end of support on October 10th, 2017, Microsoft will not be spending time to test Word, Excel or PowerPoint etc., on macOS 10.13 and no formal support will be provided. For example, users will see the following error message when attempting to launch Outlook 2016 ver. In some cases, you may not be able to launch the Office apps. These versions are not supported on 10.13.
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