Possible Ways to Fix Mac Office 2011 Crashing in Yosemite Unfortunately, what may work for some doesn’t always work for others. However, instead of sitting and waiting to see if a common solution would come available (and you know that Microsoft WILL eventually release a patch to correct the issue), I wanted to try to find some other.
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Microsoft Office contains Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Office 2016 is available via Microsoft Office 365.
Office 2011 is still available to students, faculty, and staff via IUware.
To use Office 2016 with Mac OS X, you must be running Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later. For Office 2011, you must have:
Uninstall Microsoft Office Mac 2011
- OS X version 10.5.8 or later
- 1 GB or more of RAM
- 2.5 GB of available hard disk space
- An Intel processor
- A DVD drive or connection to a local area network (if installing over a network), or an internet connection (if downloading from IUware)
- HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
- 1280 x 800 or higher resolution monitor
- Safari 5 or later (recommended)