HT5634 Mac/windows/microsoft office compatibility

Even though I currently have Microsoft Office for Mac, I have downloaded Microsoft Office 2010 Windows. This is the required program for an online class that I am currently enrolled in (their system will not read mac documents). The download was free online through the university. The download completed but will not launch stating that it is not compatible with OX S. I have tried Boot Camp but it says to insert a Windows disk. Don't have one because it was an online download (office not windows). Suggestions?

As Niel said, Office for Mac works with the same documents as Microsoft Office for Windows, so you probably don't need Office for Windows.
Anyway, if you want to be sure, you can install Windows. As you only want to use Office for Windows, you only need to run it in a virtual machine, using an app like Parallels, VMware Fusion or VirtualBox. For most of users, VirtualBox is sufficient.
Then, you can get the Windows version you want. I recommend a 64-bit Windows 7 or 8, that you can get in Internet. Note that you have to get a full or System Builder version.
Then, download one of the applications above and create a virtual machine, so you only have to follow its steps to install Windows. When it finishes, install the tools that VirtualBox offers into the virtual machine, so you will be able to share your Microsoft Office with the virtual machine and install Microsoft Office

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I know that if you install windows in your macbook pro, u will be vulnerable to viruses. Can I install my windows Microsoft office(words, excels etc) apps only (but not the operating system like windows 7), without the Boot camp? Is it this safe from virus?

Can I install my windows Microsoft office
Only with CrossOver Mac from codeweavers.com

Remove microsoft office compatibility pack 2007

We have upgraded all clients to Office 2010 so there is not need for microsoft office compatibility pack 2007 so I want to remove it. The compatibility pack was pushed via GPO. I was removed from GPO but "let user continue to use" was selected.
Now when trying to remove it using msiexec /qn /x{90120000-0020-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE} on almost all pcs I am getting a failure and it is not uninstalling. MSIEXEC error code it 1605.Jason

I haven't any HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.
But I found the key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\000021090200A0C00000000000F01FEC\InstallProperties
with values
DisplayName = Paquete de compatibilidad para 2007 Office system (same product in Spanish)
UninstallString = MsiExec.exe /X{90120000-0020-0C0A-0000-0000000FF1CE}
There is a little change in the GUI, may be related to SP3 for Compatibility Pack, which is installed. That UnistallString worked for me.
In a startup script it must include "/qn" as there is no user interaction. I.e.
msiexec /qn /x {90120000-0020-0C0A-0000-0000000FF1CE}
Yes, I do know: this thread is a year old. But may be this post help somebody :-)
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I just download mountain lion to my mac, now microsoft office suite doesn't work....it says 'you can't open the application 'microsoft word' because PowerPC applications are no longer supported. What does this mean and what do I have to do to fix it??

I just download mountain lion to my mac, now microsoft office suite doesn't work....it says 'you can't open the application 'microsoft word' because PowerPC applications are no longer supported. What does this mean and what do I have to do to fix it?? HELP!!

Install Snow Leopard on another boot partition, or upgrade Microsoft Office to a newer version, or use any number of better alternatives. Some of them are free.
Consider
LibreOffice (donation-supported)
NeoOffice ($10)
OpenOffice (completely free)
In addition to the above I also recommend Apple's Pages ($19.99). I use OpenOffice and Pages and have been completely Microsoft - free for over a year now. Life is better without Microsoft.

Mac and Microsoft Office 07

I'm taking a computer class in college that requires Microsoft Office 2007. I would like to install it on my Mac, but I can't figure out how to do so. When I put the DVD rom in, it doesn't prompt me to install it.
Thanks for the help

You need to use CrossOver Mac 7 or newer or install Windows to run that version of Office on your Mac.
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HT4623 Ipad 3rd generation-microsoft office compatability

I bought my son a Ipad 3rd generation and would like to put windows 7 and microsoft office on it for his use in college. Are they compatible and if so, which should I purcchase?
Thanks for the help.

iPad will run only iOS and will not allow install of any version of
Windows. iPad can access Office 365 as per
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-suite-help/use-office-365-on-your-ip hone-or-ipad-HA103787373.aspx
There may be a charge for Office 365 subscription - I do not use it so do
not know.
There are many Office compatible apps in the AppStore. I use Numbers, Pages,
and Keynote. Others have reported success with alternate apps. Read the descriptions
and reviews carefully before making a purchase.
From another post in this forum by rccharles:
All of the "Office" document editing applications on the iPad have limitations. Best try them out to see if
they meet your needs. All these app have a spreadsheet, Excel, component.
Free apps
iWork by Apple -- free with newly purchased iPads; if iPad activated before Sept 1, 2013 there will be a charge
Keynote
How to compose PowerPoint presentations that are compatible with iPad Keynote presentations. http://www.pchelps.com/2011/06/from-pc-to-ipad-creating-presentations-that-work/ #comment-2234
Numbers
Pages
http://www.imore.com/how-get-all-iwork-apps-iphoto-and-imovie-free-eligible-ipho ne-or-ipad
Quickoffice
Quickoffice is an application available for iOS and Android tablets and phones that lets you view, create,
and edit Microsoft Office, as well as view and annotate PDF files. Connect Google Drive to Quickoffice for
cloud storage so that you can easily access and edit files from your tablet, phone, or computer and know
that your files are always up-to-date
https://support.google.com/quickoffice/answer/2986862?hl=en&ref_topic=2986859
Kingsoft Office
"Read, edit PowerPoint files, and read Word documents on your iPhone or iPad, Share it by cloud storage."
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/office-free-ios
CloudOn -- Client front end to a Microsoft Office running on a server
"CloudOn brings Microsoft Office® to your iPhone & iPad and links it to your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive
and SkyDrive accounts." Free for a give number of documents.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudon/id474025452?mt=8
Paid
DocsToGo
• VIEW/EDIT/CREATE Word & Excel files(Office 2007/2008/2010)
• VIEW PowerPoint, PDF, iWork, Text, .RTF, and more!
• Send & receive attached supported documents using the built-in Mail app
• FREE desktop application with your purchase! Compatible on Win & Mac allows you 2-way file sync with a WIFI connection.
• Open & Edit files within DocsToGo from any 3rd party app that supports the “Open In” feature
• Supports iTunes File Sharing via USB cable for manually moving files
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/documents-to-go-office-suite/id317117961?mt=8
Thanks to Texas Mac Man for pointing to this link.
"Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite and Documents To Go These two apps share an important feature: unlike Numbers,
they can open, edit, and save an Excel spreadsheet without stripping out any data or formatting, even though they can’t
display or edit all the existing information; spreadsheets can make the round trip from Mac to iPad and back safely,
without losing anything."
http://www.macworld.com/article/1159958/ipadspreadsheet.html
Office² HD
"Office² HD, the most intuitive and straightforward office document editor available on the iPad, makes it easy to open,
view, create and edit Word (DOC & DOCX), Excel (XLS & XLSX), and PowerPoint (PPT & PPTX) files right from your iPad!"
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/office2-hd/id364361728?mt=8

Mac ejects Microsoft Office: Mac 2011

I keep inserting the disc but the mac won't read it and just ejects it after 30 seconds. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Well I figured it was the disc but now after I've tried burning a few cds my drive is doing the same thing with blank discs now. It still reads cds but not blank discs and the Microsoft office 2011 for mac.

Mavericks and Microsoft Office compatibility?

I had Microsoft Office 2011 on my Imac and everything worked fine until I downloaded Mavericks a couple of days ago. Since then I cannot activate Office programs and it keeps asking the product key. To make things worse, it doesn't recognize my product key!
Is that a known problem? Is there a solution?
Thanks

Yes there is a solution.
Get in touch with Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/support
Do not let them talk you into paying a fee for phone support, and of course do not buy another product key.
Or you could try their forum for Mac products: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/15627

Microsoft Office compatibility with Lion OS

Do anyone know if Microsoft is going to provide an update to their Microsoft Office Suite Products? Seems with the Mac OS X v.10.7 Lion upgrade that I cannot open any of their products. Many thanks!

I spoke with a technical assist person at Microsoft. She told me that Power Point 2011 will not save video of any format and that it might have other problems if it is saved in .pptx Presentations need to be saved in .ppt and not in .pptx
This seems like a major flaw in their update for the 2011 version and for Lion, but it works. And, I did not need to reinstall 2008 version of Office. I just left it in my computer. I now have both versions in there. All seems to be working fine now.

Microsoft Office compatability

I finally broke down and bought IWork09 because I read it was compatible with WINTEL Office. (Previously, had always run Office for Mac at home as must be compatible with WINTELs at work.) So, first test, I spend hours writing a doc on IWork, save to memory stick, bring to office's Word, no way to open it. Tried all the options.
Mac has always been able to read/write to a doc created in Word, but apparently Word still won't recognize Mac docs?? Makes IWork less useful, even if it is a nice program.

KOENIG Yvan wrote:
Magnus Lewan wrote:
Besides you have the inconvenience of Export instead of a simple command-s to save a file.
You perfectly know that this may be easily changed !
Yes, it can be changed. However, I'm not comfortable in using the word "easily" as it involves editing a file Apple never intended the users to touch.
A few days ago, I finally updated my blog with a link to the instructions at Lee Findlow's page. To save people a click, I also tried to describe it on my own blog, but it was very difficult to phrase it in a simple way.

I just bought a macbook pro and am ready to order Microsoft Office for Mac. I use Windows 2007 at work and want to be sure I am able to work with files from that system. Do I need to buy 2 different editions of Microsoft Office to be able to do this?

Do I need to buy 2 different Microsoft Office products if I want to be able to use my new Mac with Microsoft Office for Mac and also use files saved on my work computer which uses Microsoft Window 2007?

Pomme4us wrote:
Do I need to buy 2 different Microsoft Office products if I want to be able to use my new Mac with Microsoft Office for Mac and also use files saved on my work computer which uses Microsoft Window 2007?
Sorry, but your likely going to have to use Windows 7 and Office on your Mac at work using Bootcamp.
Although you can share files OfficeMac and Office on Windows, the formatting will be off because two platforms use different installed fonts and formatting. This will cause a productivity lost and require extra editing at work
If you could share just PDF's then your fine, but that will unlikely be the case.
So to share files seamlessly your going to have to install Windows 7 (another $300) full version, 64 bit, using Apple's Bootcamp.
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
It's ok, though, you can boot into OS X to use that online and surfing etc at home. It's the internet and sharing of files from other Windows users that cause Windows to hoze up, so mimimalize both of those and you should be fine.
You can also run Windows 7 in a virtual machine software like Parallels or VMFusion. as long as you don't have any super demanding needs of the hardware, like running 3D games or super intense CPU actions like video processing. Office work is just fine and it's safer than Bootcamp, as in a virtual machine you can keep "snapshots" of previous states of the OS, and revert back to in case something goes wrong in mere seconds.
A real good piece of news though, Windows 8 is so radically changed from Windows 7, that your workplace will remain with Windows 7 as long as possible to put off all the retraining necessary with that new OS version.
So think of the $300 + $60 investment in Windows on your Mac as a longterm thing.

I have 2008 microsoft office with three license keys. i bought my daughter a new make and wiped her older mac. question is when i did this it says there are too many users for program how can i figure out where product key is

I have microsoft officemac w 3 licenses. I have one key on one computer and the second key on another. Problem I bought daughter new mac (3rd computer) and put on key on her new computer. With her old computer we wiped it to back to factory etc. Then I added a product key for officemac on old
est computer. Now when I use my wiped computer it comes up saying that all product keys are taken. How do I check to see if she has the same key number as the old one I have? I have paid for three but her computer and my old one must have the same key number. I need help in checking key numbers so I can set it right. Thanks

Office 2008 for Mac error: "Microsoft Office 2008 ... - Microsoft Support

Bothersome Microsoft Office Setup Assistant

I can't open up any of my microsoft programs.
Whenever I try to open up Word, Powerpoint, or Excel on my mac, the Microsoft Office Setup Assistant pops up and asks me if i would like to like to give feedback for the Customer Experience Improvement Program. Regardless of whether I choose to decline or accept, it brings me to a "Get Started" menu from which the only option is to click "Finish" which brings up Microsoft AutoUpdate. Regardless of whether I update or not, the program i chose to open never opens up. Every time I try to re-open the program, setup assistant pops up again and the cycle continues.
How the heck do I get it to go away??
Thank you!

You might try the Microsoft Office for Mac forums:
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/
Personally, my install went fine on two Macs (I declined the feedback option, let AutoUpdate run and install the updates, then I was good to go).
Did you install Office 2008 over any previous versions of MS Office?
You might try repeating the install - first, go to Applications > Microsoft Office 2008 > Additional Tools and run Remove Office.

Will a Microsoft Office Add-In developed in Visual Studio work for both a Windows and Mac ( osx ) versions of Ms Office?

I want to develop a Microsoft Office Word Add-In for Mac Users. I would like to know if we create it using Visual Studios in windows will it be compatible with the Mac version of office or is there a whole another way to develop for Mac?
Please provide links so that I could follow some guidelines. The http://msdn.microsoft.com/site
doesn't exactly speak of the platform compatibility of the Add-In.
Thank You very Much in Advance.

Office:Mac 2011 only supports add-ins that were developed in VBA. Office:Mac 2008 does not support add-ins at all. A
new version of Office:Mac is slated for release in 2015, there have been no announcements as of this writing (December 2014) whether Microsoft will support additional methods of developing add-ins in the new version of Office:Mac.
For further information, check out
Getting Started with VBA in Office for Mac 2011 from the Office:Mac 2011 help files. You might find more assistance in developing Office:Mac add-ins in the
Office:Mac help forums hosted by Microsoft.

I am switching to Apple macbook pro from Windows laptop. Is Apple compatible with Microsoft Office? How can I transport from Windows to Mac? What I have saved on external hardrives, will I be able to open it on Mac?

I am switching to Apple macbook pro from Windows laptop. Is Apple compatible with Microsoft Office? How can I transport from Windows to Mac? What I have saved on external hardrives, will I be able to open it on Mac?

Is Apple compatible with Microsoft Office?
Any computer is compatible as long as it can read and write Office files. But for perfect (or at least near perfect) compatibility, you would want to purchase Office 2011 for Mac.
How can I transport from Windows to Mac?
You can't directly transport any installation of Windows. All PC's come with a machine specific version of Windows intended for that PC. They don't have all of the hardware drivers the retail disks cover.
If you want Windows on your Mac, you would first purchase a full version copy (NOT an upgrade disk) of Windows 7 or 8. Those are the only supported versions on newer Macs. You install it through the supplied Boot Camp utility that comes with the Mac to create a new partition for Windows, and then install the retail copy of Windows you purchased.
The reason only these versions of Windows are supported is the same basic reason as a machine specific version of Windows for a PC. Apple only includes the necessary Mac hardware drivers for Win 7 or 8 on new Macs.
Once Windows is installed, you could then install the version of Office for Windows you already own. The nuisance of a Boot Camp partition is that you have to physically boot to either Windows or OS X, so you can only use the apps of the OS you're in at the time. To use both at once, you'd have to use virtual machine software (Parallels, VMware, VirtualBox) and then install Windows within that. Then you'd be able to run Windows inside of OS X and have access to both at the same time.

HT5634 Mac/windows/microsoft office compatibility

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