Office 2016 for Mac
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BristolAl

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90 posts

143 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2020
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Just got my iMac working again, its a a 2011 version so I don't think it can be upgraded past High Sierra.

And therefore I can't use anything newer that Office 2016. I have a subscription to Office 365, so have paid, just can't find where to download Office 2016.

Can anyone point me in the right direction, or suggest how else I can work around this?


mmm-five

12,391 posts

314 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2020
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If you've subscribed to Office 365, then you have access to the latest version, not older versions.

You'll need to cancel your subscription and purchase the standalone Office 2016 Home version for Mac...which unfortunately is no longer supported/sold by Microsoft (as of October 2020)...so you're limited to buying from somewhere like fast-software.

I believe Office 365 (or Office 2019) now needs Mojave to install. If you had installed Office 365 before December on High Sierra than it would still work, but you'd lose any further updates anyway.

Edited by mmm-five on Wednesday 23 December 19:05

alorotom

12,788 posts

217 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2020
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Or your could just use the browser versions rather than install the core apps

BristolAl

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90 posts

143 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2020
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Looking like the browser version is a great shout - thank you for that idea.

babelfish

1,020 posts

237 months

Thursday 24th December 2020
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BristolAl said:
just can't find where to download Office 2016.
https://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/C1297A47-86C4-4C1F-97FA-950631F94777/OfficeMac/Microsoft_Office_2016_Installer.pkg