Just download lion and my words/excel/powerpoint didn't work anymore

Just download lion and my words/excel/powerpoint dont work anymore, any idea why?

Office 2004 is a PPC (Power PC) based application. That CPU stopped bing used more than 6 years ago, and there was a program called Rosetta which could run PPC apps. But Lion does not support Rosetta, a fact which has been warned of for years.
The only versions of Office supported in Lion are 2008 (if it was on already) or 2011 (new install).
You can by Pages, iWorks, free Office-replacements like NeoOffice or Open Office or LibreOffice.
Or pay $200 for Office 2011.

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Contact the manufacturer's tech support for help. Most likely it needs a compatible driver.

Just downloaded Lion and now iMovie won't respond when I try to open it. Even tried deleting the program (since it was an older version) and bought it new from the app store, but still won't respond.

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I just downloaded Lion and now my computer just shuts down for no reason. What is its problem?

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I recently made the same mistake. The thing to do is download the new Quicken Essentials for MAC. After you install the new version follow the instructions on how to transfer your old files. There is a way, it just takes a little time and, if I remember correctly, it takes the info from your quicken backup files. Hopefully you had auto back up on and your files are intact. I didn't and reconstruction was a bear but entirely possible. The new Quicken is quite different but seems to work quite well. Good luck.

Hi, I have just downloaded lion and my Photoshop CS is not supported.....why why why. This update will cost me $500 ! Totally useless update

I have just downloaded LION as an update and it is OK, not great but OK. However I am furious because it does not support Photoshop CS for Mac! Great so this update is now going to cost me 500 dollars for a new Photoshop. Well done Apple why is this not supported and why should I buy more software. THIS IS BAD BAD BAD!. Don't update to Lion until you check your other software will run! Does anyone know how to revert back to Snow Leopard or get your money back from Apple.
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First off, learn how you must be prepared for Lion before installing:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2465
Next consider one of three courses:
1. If most of your software is supported, and you don't presently have a backup of your older system, get an external hard drive larger than your current,
partition it for enough space for Snow Leopard and your present Lion installation on your hard drive allowing for at least 15% of each partition to have free space after cloning Lion and installing Snow Leopard and your Snow Leopard only compatible applications.
2. If very little of your software is supported, and you don't presently have a backup, get an external hard drive, Install Snow Leoaprd on it, and recover your data on it after using the Migration Assistant to import the data from the Lion on the internal that is compatible with Snow Leopard, and the install applications from your CDs. Once you have it working on your external hard drive, clone it back to your internal, and get a refund from the App Store:
http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact.html?form=account
3. If you have a backup from before installing Snow Leopard, just erase and install Snow Leopard, and contact the App Store support for a refund.
http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact.html?form=account
Good luck!

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Welcome to the Support Communities. This Q&A may help:
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Tim68 wrote:
I'm having the same problem. Just installed Lion last night. Already downloaded the Flash for Lion off Adobe's site. Problem persists.
Can't help I'm afraid, i installed from Adobe's website and it works.
This is the version number Adobe Flash Player version 11.1.102.55
And this is a link to it

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Try the following user tip:
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ALL OF A SUDDEN , MY POINTER ARROW IS OUT OF CONTROL OR WON'T MOVE. I DON'T USE A MOUSE. THE WINDOWS SHAKE LIKE WHEN I'M TOLD I HAVE THE WRONG PASSWORD AND THEN THE WINDOWS FADE, SWITCH AND/OR FLIP AROUND. THERE ARE NOT THE 3 DOTS IN THE LEFT-HAND CORNER SO I CAN'T CLOSE WINDOWS WHEN I FINISH WORKING WITH SITES. MY MAC HAS STARTED ACTED WEIRD SINCE I STARTED USING LION. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi,
I work for Dr Pod, an iPod repair company. This sounds to be that the hard drive is dying in the iPod. As it is an older iPod it is out of its one year warranty, the iPod won't be repaired for free by Apple, and you'd need to consider wether it'd be better to have the iPod repaired by an iPod repair company such as my own, or to purchase a new one from Apple.
If you did choose to purchase a new iPod from Apple, then they do provide 10% off the cost of a new iPod if you exchange in your old one. I'm not sure if this applies to faulty ones though (I have heard of some people being turned away for having a faulty device).
Hope this helps,
Mark Sweeney
Dr Pod Founder

Does anyone know why after I downloaded Lion why my Word/Excel are no longer supported?

And how I get them to be supported?

There is also OpenOffice, LibreOffice, and NeoOffice to replace the Microsoft suite. Hackint0sh already mentioned that Pages, Numbers, and Keynote can read/export to Office formats (mostly).
Office 2011 isn't as bad as I thought it would be--I despise the ribbon but you don't have to use it in 2011 like you do on Windows
It seems to be much faster than 2008--I can't remember 2004, but think it was sluggish, also.
I'd say 2011 versions are the first ones I've found acceptable since Word 5.

I downloaded lion and cloud does not show up in my system preferences. Not sure how to get started without finding icloud., I downloaded lion and cloud does not show up in my system preferences. Not sure how to get started without finding icloud.

I just downloaded lion and cloud does not show up in my system preferences. Where is it hiding so I can set up icloud and see what lion is offering that is different from snow leopard.

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You need to upgrade to Office 2008 or newer, or switch to a product such as OpenOffice or iWork.
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I've recently downloaded Lion and find my Microsoft excel, word, entourage and powerpoint do not function. It says these functions are not now supported. Why and how do I get to use them again?

I've recently downloaded Lion and find my Microsoft excel, word, entourage and powerpoint do not function. It says these functions are not now supported. Why and how do I get to use them again?

philippnoe wrote:
What a "great" Program which is supporting many nice but not mandatory things but is not supporting a Program which is used day by day from many users ... and especially this Program is also sold officially by apple !!!
Yeah!, Why, Lion won't even run my old DOS programs!

I thought apple is user friendly. That is why I bought it. I do not have a use to download my boot camp assistant for a compatible to microsoft words, excel, powerpoint. They told me I have iWork's for all of this products but mine is not working.

To whom it may concern.
I bought an apple product which is MacBook Air about 7 mths. ago . Anyway I would like to download a compatible words, excel, powerpoint. they told me that I do not need it since IWORKS is all I needed. I tried my keynote , numbers does not worked. Somebody emailed me sending me this mumbo jumbo for it to work. Well, if I was a computer wiz, I probably will not be asking for help.
I followed the tutorials for windows for mac, followed every instructions, hold and behold another problem. I have to have a usb, when I bought this at Best Buy, I asked them what do I need , they said that I do not need anything else because it is all in there. So to make a long story short. I am just so frustrated .
How can I download the windows for mac, I know I have to start in utilities , boot camp assistant, then the usb problem. Please I need help, it is much needed for my job. Ipages does not saved anything, I mean nothing it just disappeared , and you do not have any idea how much I have the long hrs. I have put in.
Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate this .

You can buy Microsoft Office for Mac, it includes Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Or you can download a free copy of LibreOffice which contains substitutes (good ones) for the Microsoft Office programs.
Do not even think of using Boot Camp unless you have a complete and current TM backup or a clone to restore if it goes wrong. You will also need to buy Windows and Microsoft Office for it. And you MUST read the directions very carefully.

I just updated to OS X Mountain Lion and now Word will not work?

I just updated to OS X Mountain Lion and now Word will not work?
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You can also try Pages for Word / Numbers for Excel. Both can import/export Word and Excel files.

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