By Mike Wuerthele
Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 09:21 am PT (12:21 pm ET)
Important: An Outlook for Mac 2011 identity can only be imported into an empty Outlook for Mac profile. An empty profile is one where there are no other accounts or other data associated with it. Here are the steps to create a new profile in Outlook for Mac: Note: These steps must be used with Outlook 2016 for Mac or Outlook 2019 for Mac. Mar 13, 2020 Updating Mac OS to 10.13.4 should not prevent Office 2011 apps from working. They will display the warning that some day in the future Apple will discontinue support for Office 2011 - and that day has come with Mac OS 10.15 Cataliina. But you didn't install Catalina so all your apps should still work fine. Just dismiss the warning. MS Office 2011 does not work on macOS 10.13 High Sierra, officially. Microsoft has already ended all support for this package and wants you to switch. Microsoft has announced in a support document that Office for Mac 2011 will not be supported under macOS 10.13 High Sierra. Jul 25, 2012 The guys and gals in Redmond have confirmed that both the 2011 and 2008 versions of Office are indeed fully compatible with the newly-released OS X Mountain Lion. Microsoft wants its users to make.
Staying quiet on compatibility of Office 2011 serves Microsoft’s ends. MacOS ‘High Sierra’ a big deal. Usually macOS upgrades aren’t a major issue for Office compatibility but ‘High Sierra’ is different. Apple is changing the entire disk/file system which is a major change that needs careful testing for programs like Office. I updated my MacBook Pro to the macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. My Microsoft Word (and other Microsoft products) no longer will open. It prompts me to get the latest version from the app store, however, my product key does not work for the new version for Word. How can I use my 2011 student version of Office 2011 for Mac on my laptop? Microsoft tells some Mac Office users to pass on Apple's High Sierra Microsoft warns Office for Mac 2011 users not to upgrade to Apple's macOS High Sierra when the new operating system.
A support document published by Microsoft, and some AppleInsider testing, shows that while the newer versions of the office productivity suite will mostly work with High Sierra now, the current version does not —and older versions are getting left behind.In the support document, published shortly after the reveal of High Sierra, Microsoft declares that while the Office 2016 suite of applications from unreleased version 15.35 and later do work, users will still have to endure problems while waiting for a future update. According to Microsoft, 'not all Office functionality may be available' and stability problems may manifest where 'apps unexpectedly quit.'
Without delving into specific reasons why, Microsoft strongly recommends that users back up existing data before trying the software. The company is requesting that users send feedback if they choose to test High Sierra and Microsoft Office products.
Versions 15.34 —the current version —and earlier are not supported on High Sierra, and users may not be able to launch the apps at all, according to Microsoft. The 15.34 update was released on May 16
Microsoft notes in the same memorandum that Office for Mac 2011 'have not been tested' and 'no formal support for this configuration will be provided.' Office for Mac 2011 will also cease all support from Microsoft on October 10, 2017 and no further updates in any form will be provided after that date.
AppleInsider tested the 15.34 version and found that they appear to launch and run for a period of time, but with notably slower speeds across the board. Furthermore, the apps quit unexpectedly fairly often during use.
Sierra Compatibility
The same issues manifested in a Mac with High Sierra that was not migrated to APFS, eliminating that as a primary source of the errors and crashing.
The latest Office for Mac 2011 from April, version 14.7.3, was examined, and was found to be in a worse state following the High Sierra update. Crashing was even more frequent than in the Office for Mac 2016, not even accounting for a number of other user interface oddities spanning the entire suite. A standard troubleshooting step for Microsoft Office applications is to uninstall and reinstall the suite. Neither the 2011 nor the 2016 versions were any better after a complete delete and reinstall.
Both the 2011 and 2016 versions of Office were usable prior to the High Sierra update. AppleInsider