Lion - 2004 MS Office for Mac will not work

My 2004 version of Microsoft Office for Mac will not work in Lion. I suspect because this is a PowerPC application. My question is this:
Is there any program out there which will map the PowerPC to an Intel format? Other than trying to seel more products, I am surprised that Apple does not supply a mapping program for products made by Microsoft for the Apple devices.

Eric, can you tell me where please? It's not mentioned on the Lion compatibility pages at all. (http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/what-is/compatibility.html) nor on the 'how to upgrade' page (http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/how-to-buy/)

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You may also want to search/ask in the forums run by the people who make the product which is causing you problems:
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Just received a new Imac running OS10.8 Mountain Lion. I have MS Office 2004 that ran ok on OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. I'm told that this software will not work on the new OS. Are there any work arounds?

Nancy L F wrote:
Just received a new Imac running OS10.8 Mountain Lion. I have MS Office 2004 that ran ok on OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. I'm told that this software will not work on the new OS. Are there any work arounds?
... and have only used Word and hate to try to learn something new if not necessary.
The dirty little secret that they are keeping from you, is YES, there is a way to continue to use Microsoft Office's Word 2004 in Mountain Lion!
It is to install Snow Leopard Server into Parallels 8 on your new Mac and then install and run Word 2004 there:
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Apple is now selling Snow Leopard Server for $19.99 + sales tax & shipping costs at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only). Parallels 8 retails for $79 but can be found for less searching for discounts on the internet.
Personally I hate the way Microsoft has changed Word 2008 and Word 2011, because I was 100% comfortable with how Word 2004 was setup and utilized. There is a learning curve to both of these upgrades and a more steeper one to the "free" alternatives that were suggested to you.
In a perfect world, you should upgrade to Office 2011; I did (actually it was a gift, but the price was not an object for me anyway). But the world is not perfect...
So, if, like me, there are times that you are most comfortable operating in the Word 2004 environment, my suggestion offers you a easy, stable, relatively inexpensive means to continue to do so in Mountain Lion.
GOOD LUCK!

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This forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Microsoft Office in any way. I suggest you post Office related questions on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac products.
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I have a MacBook Pro from September and had One to One transfer all files/programs (including 2008 Office). I then purchased the Office for Mac 2011 program and they installed it (I guess they did not remove the older program). It has never worked correctly and I have tried to contact Microsoft to no avail.
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Hello jlugiano,
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The following article provides information for troubleshooting third party apps. While it refers to iOS apps, much of the same things apply to OS X apps also.
iOS: An app you installed unexpectedly quits, stops responding, or won’t open - Apple Support
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Why weren't we made aware Office for Mac would not work with Lion? I feel like I just wasted $100 on productivity software.

Which version, I am not certain.
2008 is the version designation. Unless something else got wrecked in the process of installing Lion, it should still work.
They must have though they had a need to let users know because during the configuration they call out software that is not compatable in a message box.
That message should only appear for software that is only PowerPC. Universal or Intel only apps should run, albeit, with possible minor issues that need updates to work correctly in Lion.
While yes there are thousands of pieces of third party software one would think that a warning about a piece of software that ubiquitious would have good form.
Neither Apple nor Microsoft tell any end user what third party software may not work in a new OS. That job falls on the vendors who write the software.
They all have access to developer builds of any upcoming OS upgrade or update long before the public sees it. It's then up to them to do what is necessary to make the software compatible with the OS. You then should get an email notice from the companies you registered your software with that an update, or upgrade is needed. If not an email, the first thing you should do for a program that isn't working is to vist that company's web site to see if there are new updates to install.

How will mountain lion affect my office for mac 201111

How will mountain Lion affect my office for Mac 2011

I have been using Office for Mac 2011 for almost a year now and the issue started immediately after doing the upgrade.
When I start Outlook I can see that it takes 1 minute plus to set up the identity.
When it finally runs it is very slow and no fun to use. It seems that Outlook is using very few resources when I look at the activity monitor.
Overall it seems that my IMac has become slower than before upgrading to 10.8.
I do not have support with MSFT anymore and I do hope that somebody does report this issue to MSFT.
To me it seems to be very clear a result of the upgrade.
Hope that helps.

Have loaded lion and now cant access office for mac or apple works as it says it does not support power pc applications, how can I acces them or better still reinstate them please

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MS-Office for Mac versions 2004 and older do not run in Lion since these are PPC-apps for which Apple has dropped support.
Free alternatives to open Word and Excel files:
NeoOffice http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org/
Or get the 2011 MS-Office

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Lion - 2004 MS Office for Mac will not work

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