HT3258 Will Word and Excel still work if I upgrade to Mount, Lion

If I upgrade to M. Lion, will the Word and Excel programs I have on my Mac still work?
Thanx - M

It depends on which version you have. If they are very old PowerPC only programs - over six years old or so - they will not run.
A better solution is to try a number of better, free alternatives. Consider
LibreOffice (donation-supported)
NeoOffice (free)
OpenOffice (free)
I use Apple's Pages ($19.99) as well as OpenOffice and have been completely Microsoft - free for over a year now. Life is better without Microsoft.

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