Is OSX Lion compatible with microsoft 2004 for Mac ?

Hi,
I heard that microsoft office 2004 for Mac is not compatible with mOSX Lion ?
What is the matter ?
Regards,
Eric from Passy

Hi Eric,
No. It need Rosetta which is software that Apple licensed from IBM 5 years ago. This was when Apple switched from PowerPC chips to Intel. Microsoft have had 5 years to write a fix for this but they have not done so, instead they have updated later releases of Office that will work. Maybe Microsoft want you to buy the new version?
I think I have read that OpenOffice will work with any Office 2004 documents.
Regards,
Colin R.
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