Not long ago, a new operating system from Apple was released, which allows you to update your old Mavericks system or later for free with the latest crown of development and engineering. The update will bring a bunch of new features, such as receiving calls on your computer, a new, more convenient iCloud Dirive, new design and many other goodies. But besides the obvious advantages, there are also disadvantages of the update, namely program malfunctions.
Today we will look at perhaps the most popular question, “I updated to Yosemite, Word stopped starting, what should I do?”
The first thing you need to remember in case of software failures is not to do anything immediately. Don’t run to reinstall a program that lags or worse operating system, but read the Internet, because the solution to the problem can be hidden on the surface and takes literally a couple of minutes. In principle, as is the case with Word, which does not want to turn on.
What to do if Word does not launch on Mac OSThe solution to the problem, as in most cases, lies in updating the program. So let's first install latest version Microsoft Office under Mac. Don't worry, if your office is broken, it's okay. Checked dozens of times, updates do not see hacking, and after Office installations it will work as before for you. Well, if you have a license, then you don’t need to worry for a long time.
So, the only question left is how to install updates if Word does not start. Let's try to install updates through Excel which starts.
After this, you can safely launch the editor, it should start and work without any problems.
Problems that may arise during Microsoft updates OfficeExcel for Office 365 for Mac Word for Office 365 for Mac Outlook for Office 365 for Mac PowerPoint for Office 365 for Mac Office 2019 for Mac Excel 2019 for Mac OneNote for Mac PowerPoint 2019 for Mac Word 2019 for Mac Office for business Office 365 for home Office 365 Small Business Excel 2016 for Mac Outlook 2016 for Mac PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Word 2016 for Mac Office 2016 for Mac Word for Mac 2011 Excel for Mac 2011 Outlook for Mac 2011 PowerPoint for Mac 2011 Lync for Mac 2011 Communicator for Mac 2011 Office 365 for Mac Outlook 2019 for Mac Less
Microsoft Automatic Updates keeps your copy of Office up to date with the latest fixes and improvements. If you're an Office 365 subscriber, you'll also get all the new features and tools.
Settings automatic update(Microsoft) Office update from the shop Mac App StoreIf you downloaded Office from the Mac Store App Store and have automatic updates turned on, your apps will update automatically. But you can also download updates manually:
Open the Mac App Store from the Dock or Finder.
Click Updates on the left side of the menu.
Click Update All or click the Update button next to the applications you want to update.
Early Access with the Office Insider ProgramYou can join the Office Insider Program for Mac to be the first to get access to the latest Office releases. To do this, simply select the Be an Office Insider to get early access to new releases. What is the Office Insider Program?
Learn more about automatic updates (Microsoft)Need help with Microsoft Automatic Updates?
Troubleshoot automatic updates (Microsoft)
If you have problems using Microsoft Automatic Updates, use these troubleshooting steps.
Open Safari and download the latest version of Microsoft Automatic Updater.
Open Finder. Press COMMAND+SHIFT+H.
Select the Library > PrivilegedHelperTools folders and make sure the com.microsoft.autoupdate.helpertool file is there. Run Microsoft Automatic Updates.
If the file is not there, download Microsoft Automatic Update again from the link above.
Office is up to date, but subscription management features aren't showing up
If you previously made a one-time purchase of Office on your Mac and are now an Office 365 subscriber, but you don't see certain subscription management features, it may be because your copy of Office is still using a one-time purchase rather than a subscription license. See Remove Office license files from your Mac for help.
Use the Remove2011 tool to completely uninstall Office for Mac 2011. 1. Download and run the Remove2011 tool 2. Run the Remove2011 toolRemove2011 and select Open. Click Open again to confirm the action.
Type the letter Y and press ENTER to continue.
Enter your password local administrator on your Mac and press ENTER. The password is not displayed when entered.
Note: If you have any Office for Mac 2011 application open, a warning will appear. Type the letter Y and press ENTER to force close the application and continue uninstalling.
When the message ...completed appears, close this window and continue to the next section.
Go back to the Remove2011-master folder.
Control-click the dockutil file and choose Open. Click Open again to continue.
The tool will launch automatically. When everything is ready, the Process completed message appears.
If you've placed Office for Mac 2011 icons in the Dock, right-click each one.
Select Options > Remove from Dock.
All is ready! You have completely uninstalled Office for Mac 2011 from your Mac.
Manually uninstall Office for Mac 2011The following steps can be performed automatically as described above. However, if you want to remove apps manually without using a special tool, follow these steps.
Yes, I want to delete Office for Mac 2011 files manually.
Preparation
You must be logged in as an administrator. If you use a personal Mac, you've probably already done this.
Note: If you are using Mac computer V corporate network, ask your IT department to help you log in with administrator rights.
Make sure there is nothing in the Trash that is worth saving.
There are several objects that need to be removed. This article describes how to remove each of them step by step.
Important: The location of some files depends on whether Service Pack 2 (SP2) is installed. To check this, open Word and select About Word program" in the Word menu. If the version number listed is 14.2.0 or later, you have Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed and you should follow the appropriate instructions.
Step 1: Delete the Microsoft Office 2011 folder
Select Go > Programs.
Drag the Microsoft Office 2011 folder to the Trash.
Note: Deleting settings using the following method will delete any customizations you've made, such as changes to toolbars and dictionaries or keyboard shortcuts you've created.
Step 2: Remove com.microsoft files from Library > Preferences folders
Click Go while holding down the Option key.
Note: Why do you need to hold down the OPTION key? The Library folder is hidden, and pressing this key opens it.
Select Personal and open the Library folder.
Open Settings and sort files and folders alphabetically.
Note: If you have Office 2016 for Mac installed on your computer, DO NOT delete the com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist file.
Drag com.microsoft to the Trash.
Still in Settings, open the ByHost directory and drag all files whose names start with “com.microsoft” to the Trash.
If you've previously created custom templates that you'd like to keep, copy them to a different folder before continuing.
Return to the Library, go to Application Support > Microsoft, and drag the Office folder to the Trash.
Step 3: Remove com.microsoft.office.licensing files from Computer > Library folders
Select Go > Computer
Macintosh HD.
Click Library > LaunchDaemons and drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist to the Trash.
Return to your Library folder, open Settings, and drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist to the Trash.
Return to the library and open PrivilegedHelperTools. Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper to the Trash.
Note: If you have Office 2016 for Mac installed on your computer, DO NOT delete files whose names contain the characters "V2". These files are specific to Office 2016 for Mac.
From the Apple menu, select Restart.
Step 4: Delete Microsoft Folders and Office 2011 Files
Select Go > Computer and double-click the hard drive icon.
Default HDD called Macintosh HD.
Open the Library folder, and then click Program Support.
Drag the Microsoft folder to the Trash.
Warning:
Return to your Library folder, open Fonts, and drag the Microsoft folder to the Trash.
Return to your Library folder and open Notifications. Drag all files whose names begin with Office2011_ to the Trash.
Note:
Finder click Empty Trash.
From the Apple menu, select Restart.
Step 5: Move to Desktop and Rename the Microsoft User Data Folder
Select Go > Computer and double-click the hard drive icon.
By default, the hard drive is named Macintosh HD.
Open the Library folder, and then click Program Support.
Drag the Microsoft folder to the Trash.
Warning: If you have a plug-in installed Microsoft Silverlight, you may need to reinstall it after deleting this folder. Go to this site to reinstall Microsoft Silverlight.
Return to your Library folder, open Fonts, and drag the Microsoft folder to the Trash.
Return to your Library folder and open Notifications. Drag all files whose names begin with Office2011_ to the Trash.
Note: They are not always available on the computer.
Make sure you can delete all files and folders in the Recycle Bin. From the Finder menu, click Empty Trash.
From the Apple menu, select Restart.
Step 6: Remove Office application icons
Control-click the Office application icon (such as Microsoft Word) in the Dock. Do this for each corresponding icon on the panel.
Select Options > Remove from Dock.
Even after you move to the macOS platform, you will be haunted by certain formats native to Windows PC. Until now, the corporate segment prefers Redmond's Word as the main tool for working with text. In this article we will tell you how to open DOCX documents on Mac without additional software.
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macOS has long had a fully functional Microsoft version Office, no different from the one used on Windows. Moreover, there are others, including free ones. word processors, including or Apple's Pages, capable of opening and editing DOCX files. But what if you don’t want to take up disk space for programs that are used at best once a month?
To tame DOCX files, we will use the services of a standard macOS editor TextEdit, and free application Pages in desktop and browser versions.
1 . Open File Explorer Finder and highlight the .doc (.docx) file you want to edit.
2. Click right button mouse and select Open in program → TextEdit.
TextEdit allows you not only to view DOCX documents, but also to edit them and save all changes. True, there are also disadvantages - images are not displayed and there is no layout in the analogue “ Notepad"There is no need to say.
And if you need more, we strongly recommend installing the Pages program from the Mac App Store, especially since Apple itself offers this option.
How to run .doc (.docx) files on Mac using Pages?1 . Download (free), install and run Pages, if the program is not installed on your Mac.
The program will be free for those who purchased and activated any Mac computer after September 1, 2013.
2 . Click menu File → Open.
3 . Select the document you are interested in in Finder and click " Open».
Subsequently, the .DOCX format will be associated with Pages and you will be able to open documents directly from Explorer. With Pages you will have the opportunity to work with both images and layout.
To export a file from Pages to the original Doc or Docx, use the menu File → Export to → Word().
A user who decides to switch from a Windows computer to Mac OS will not have an easy time at first. Despite the general similarity of control systems between Microsoft and Apple operating systems, there are still quite a few tangible differences.
Among other things, you won't find many familiar programs on the iMac and Macbook. As a rule, what new Mac OS users miss most is the Office suite. And here there are two ways - learn new programs or download familiar ones. If you decide to take the second path, this article is for you, in it we will tell you how to install the Microsoft Office package on a MacBook.
If you install the classic Word + Excel + Power Point on your computer, you have two options - official, but expensive, and illegal, but free. Which one to choose is up to you. We will cover both installation methods.
So, if you can afford to pay for “native” Word, then we proceed as follows:
Well, as you can see, everything is very simple. Now about whether there is any point in downloading trial version. In our opinion, there is, and here's why. The Microsoft office suite is not paid for at once, but in a subscription format, that is, every month you have to pay 339 rubles. Thus, the “Try Office for free” button makes sense - it allows you to use full version Word, Excel and Power Point for 30 days, that is, you get one free month and save 339 rubles.
As for the need to indicate banking data, according to the company, their indication is required “for the smooth operation of the programs after the trial period” - in short, this means the following - if after trial period, you decide to purchase programs, but forget to make a payment, the office will stop working, and when the card data is already available, the money is simply debited to right moment and you don’t need to worry about anything.
Microsoft Office AlternativesAt the beginning of the article, we mentioned that in addition to the Microsoft Office installation path, there is a way to work with alternative programs. This path is perfect for those who do not want to pay for the official package, but also do not want to download unlicensed software.
Let's start with the fact that Apple has a package similar to Word, Excel and Power Point - these are Pages, Numbers and Keynotes. Another free and very popular replacement is Open Office. However, it is worth noting that all alternatives are inferior in functionality Microsoft package. However, if the range of options you use is not very wide, then programs from Apple or Open Office will suit you just fine.
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