Office 2004 w/Lion

While I know I can't use Office 2004 w/Lion, will I be able to open and read documents that were previously created in Office '04 without purchasing an upgrade of Office?  Will Pages, Numbers, etc. read the old documents or is there some other easy and efficient way to do so should I upgrade to Lion?

How well iWork will serve your needs depends on a number of factors the most important one, I think, being whether you are mostly consuming or producing documents and the second being the complexity of the documents you use. If you are creating documents that other people will open in Office then you really need Office. If you are creating documents that will be printed or viewed as PDF files, you may be fine with iWork. If the documents you use are complex, that is they use lots of formating, section changes, tables, and graphics files, iWork is less likely to be viable. While I prefer iWork to Office and do more than 80% of my work in it, I find it necessary to have Office on my computer.

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  • HT4767 cannot open office 2004 with lion

    just upgrade to lion and now i cannot open office 2004.  now what?

    Hello Zendentity,
    Office 2004 is not compatible with OS X Lion.
    You can upgrade to Office 2011 or use the free LibreOffice. Compatible with all major competitors' file formats. You can easily import files from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and many other formats, and can easily save to Microsoft Office and other formats when needed.
    http://www.libreoffice.org/features/

  • I just installed the Lion operating system, basically to upgrade my iPhone. I didn't realize that my Microsoft Office 2004 application would no longer work. I have been using Word for my writing and I receive most of my emails with Word attachments. I hav

    I just installed the Lion operating system, basically to upgrade my iPhone. I didn't realize that my Microsoft Office 2004 application would no longer work. I have been using Word for my writing and I receive most of my emails with Word attachments. I have been using Apple products for years, always touting their reliability and customer service. I am not a techie, I just want to be able to do what I do on the computer and Apple always fulfilled my needs. Now I am told because of some operating system gobbledygook, I have to go out and purchase new software to use Word. This is despicable. I see no particular benefit to using Lion, but I do see a lot of detriments. Apple now seems to have turned into Microsoft, making software obsolete so they can make more money and to **** with the customer. You can be sure that my next computer will be a PC. I have completely lost confidence in Apple.

    I seem to never tire of saying this. It was for Apple when they first announced 10.7 to disclose this. Yes, it was widely reported -- or rather, rumored -- but not by Apple. And many people who have gotten caught by this assumed that Apple itself would have told them beforehand about the loss of this very important feature which they had come to rely on. As far as I know, not even in fine print, does this appear anywhere on the Lion announcement or any of its links.
    I am not saying Apple had to continue Rosetta in Lion, or forever, just that if it was going to be dropped, it should have been made known.
    As relative "insiders" we should not forget that many people don't have the time, habit or interest to do this kind of research. I think it is a breach of trust that Apple has never directly made this announcement or given people the opportunity to decide beforehand if giving up their PPC apps for a new OS is a worthwhile tradeoff.

  • Hi I've just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion now Quarkxpress 6.5, Adobe creative suite CS2, Adobe Acrobat 7.0 professional and Microsoft Office 2004 will nolonger open. Can anyone please advise me what I can do to get these programs running.

    Hi I've just upgraded my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Now my installed programs:- Quarkxpress 6.5 - Adobe creative suite CS2 - Adobe Acrobat 7.0 professional and Microsoft Office 2004 will not open - I get a banner saying not supported by power mac. Can anyone please help me I really need these programs for my work. Thank you!

    hi tuggerose
    i think it is bad new for you. if it's any consilation i went through the same thing when i loaded mountain lion when it first came out. i think the problem is that mountain lion is a pure 64bit operating system and the software you have is 32bit. earlier os's were able to emulate 32bit but the new system does not. the answer is new software. i did it and it cost me a load of money and much angst so your not alone.

  • ICloud Lion $29.99 MS Office 2004 not supported $$$

    Holy Crap!  I joined iCloud feeling the clock ticking.  Then I learn I need the $29.99 OS upgrade to Lion to support iCloud and I oblige.  NOW, I learn MS Office 2004 is not supported!  Feeling a little baited here.  Can't open any of my .doc's!  Any advice before I go out and drop another C-note on software that worked to suit my needs a day ago!!!  Contemplating a timemachine restore, but then I'm back to iCloud > Lion $29.99....   ...and my iphone won't sync without iCloud, right?

    Is there a free download to upgrade 2008 up to 2011?
    No
    Office 2004 is 8 year old software developed at a time when Apple didn't use Intel processors. Don't you think an upgrade is more than justified?
    Apple provided a free solution, Rosetta, that lasted up to Lion's release in Aug 2011.
    In theory, Microsoft could have provided a free upgrade to support Intel processors in the Mac, but they chose not to do so. They chose to offer Office 2008, a profit making upgrade.

  • TS3938 Microsoft Office 2004 docs: How to access in Lion OS?

    Is there a work-around to access Word or Excel 2004 documents for example in Lion? Or do I have to buy a new version of of  MS Office? If so, will the documents open on my Lion OS laptop (they were presumably transferred when I installed Lion)? (The icons are now blanked out.)  If I purchase Works from Apple, will I be able to open these documents?

    Office 2004 Applications Won't Work in Lion
    You must have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite and will not work in Lion. You need to upgrade to Office 2011 - Mactopia - or you can try the freeware suite, Libre Office, that is functionally similar to Office 2007 for Windows except it works on Lion.
    You may want to consider as well:
    These two suites are similar to Libre Office but not as current or as well-supported:
    NeoOffice
    Open Office
    And, then there is Apple's iWork suite:
    Pages - word processing and layout
    Keynote - presentation
    Numbers - spreadsheet
    Each can open and save Office compatible files. They may be purchased separately via the Mac App Store for $19.99 each.
    (Access to the Mac App Store requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or higher and an Apple ID.)

  • Microsoft Office 2004 Not Functional After OS X Lion Install

    I have installed OS X Lion and MIcrososft Office 2004 for MAC no longer works.
    I am aware that this was one of the errors with the software. 
    Might anyone have any idea when this might be resolved or if anyone knows how it might be fixable, feel free to comment as you would like.
    Thanks for your time.

    It's not an error with Lion.  They said it would NOT support software for power PC  from the get go.  You'll have to update your MS Office software.

  • I updated to Lion os x and can't use microsoft office 2004 i can't o

    I updated to Lion os x and now can not use Microsft Office 2004, I cant open it or uninstall it, it just says powerPC applications are no longer supported.
    I have lost all emails on Entourage and can only retrieve emails via hostway that have been delivered today.
    Trying to get help from Apple care is a nightmare as they need a serial number, which Lion being a digital download does not have one only web order number, which does not work when I put in serial box.
    Can any one help me please, I am getting so frustrated

    dual partition just means splitting the space on your hard drive into two, having Snow Leopard on one part and Lion on the other so you could use Office '04 on the SL side.  I am pretty sure installing '11 won't delete '04, but can't say with 100% certainty.  You can also check out free word processing programs such as OpenOffice and LibreOffice.

  • Cannot open Office 2004 documents with Office 2011 on Lion Server

    I am in the process of moving our documents from a Tiger server to Lion server.  My users who are using Office 2004 are having no issues, but the users with Office 2011 cannot open any documents with the .doc extension.  I have tried logging on using afp and smb and I get different error messages but no access.  When logging on as smb if I try to double-click I get the file type blocked message.  If I go to File/Open I get the message Word cannot open this document.  The file be in use, etc.  There are no special characters in the file name.  If I try to open a docx document then no problem.  The same problem occurs with xls versus xlsx documents.  Does anyone know if there is something different I should be doing.  Permissions are set for full access.  We have a mix of users with both versions of Office and over 90% of the file server are .doc or .xls documents.  I cannot fully implement until I get this resolved.

    I am having the same problem with UCM 10gr3. Our desktop engineers are doing an enterprise upgrade of MS Office to 2010 and this issue just surfaced. Trish, how do your users authenticate to Beehive? We are using a cusom connector using our AD.

  • Replaced an older IMac that had OS snow leopard and could run microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. I'm told that this version of Office for Mac will not run on OS mountain lion. Is this true? or is there a workaround?

    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:
                                  [click on images to enlarge]
    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!

  • I downloaded Mountain Lion from being on Snow Leopard and lost my entire Office 2004 suite, including Entourage which was my main email server. If I download Office 2008, will I retrieve all my lost Entourage email folders?

    I downloaded Mountain Lion from being on Snow Leopard and lost my entire Office 2004 suite, including Entourage which was my main email server. If I download Office 2008, will I retrieve all my lost Entourage email folders?
    Other options?

    It's not that simple. You didn't lose your Office 2004 suite. Office 2004 won't run in Mountain Lion. You need to update your Office software. You need to purchase either Office 2008 or 2011. Either one can run in Mountain Lion.

  • Anyone have problems getting Office 2004 to run after Lion upgrade?

    Anyone have problems getting Office 2004 to run after Lion upgrade?

    For the rare few, such as myself, who have some Office 2004 or older documents that fail to translate well in Office 2011, another option is to run Office 2004 in Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) installed in Parallels:
                             [click on image to enlarge]
    Full Snow Leopard installation instructions are here:
    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

  • I have installed Lion and Microsoft Office 2011.  I want to uninstall Office 2004, but of course I cannot run the application to uninstall, because I get the "PowerPC applications are no longer supported" message.  Suggestions?

    I have installed Lion and Microsoft Office 2011.  I want to uninstall Office 2004, but of course I cannot run the application to uninstall, because I get the "PowerPC applications are no longer supported" message.  Suggestions?

    Go to this microsoft site http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312172 and/or this microsoft site http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768.  I would suggest removing both to start with a clean slate.  I had some problems with installing Office for Mac 2011 over 2008 and found out that by completely removing both and starting from a clean slate provided the best solution.  Kappy is correct but some sniglets do get left behind.  Hope this helps.  Cheers.

  • Microsoft office 2004 support in lion

    Now that I've upgraded to Lion I can't access any of my Office 2004 files. Is there a work around for this?

    M$ Office 2005 requires Rosetta which is not available with Lion. You will either have to upgrade or use something else instead.
    Allan

  • Ho installato Lion e non mi funziona più office 2004

    dopo aver installato OS X v10.7 Lion , non riesco piu ad aprire word excels etc etc  installati precedentemente ,   pacchetto offici 2004 comperato con regolare licenza, qualcuno sa dirmi cosa devo fare ?????

    Google translate:
    From today I appeared IMessage does not send me this problem and does not receive messages when I try to send messages arrive almost at the end of the bar dìinvio and then remains fixed for a while and then I says sending error in red. FaceTime makes me even when they try to call and tells him to call me that are not available I have tried to deactivate and reactivate it with the result that I can not reactivate it tells me that there is an error to try again later .. I do not know what to do I tried everything even restore the backup .. please help me!
    If is likely due to an Apple server problem. Many users arew reporting problems with Messages and FaceTime today.

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