Can I still use Office for Mac 2008?
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Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. Moving MS Office 2008 from 12-yr old iMac to new MacBook Air (M1)Can this be done? Is is compatible? How do I do it? I can't get in touch with Microsoft to answer this question. Posted on Jan 14, 2022 10:56 AM Question marked as Best answer As shown here: Export to Word, PDF or another file format in Pages on Mac – Apple Support (UK), you can export to a Word or PDF file from Pages should you need to. Posted on Jan 14, 2022 12:40 PM 10 replies
Jan 14, 2022 11:04 AM in response to pnull12 No for several reasons: At some point, you
will need to upgrade. The time is now. Jan 14, 2022 11:03 AM in response to pnull12 Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. No. Microsoft Office 2008 is 32-bit not compatible with new versions of macOS. You can either purchase a new license for Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2021 (One Mac) - Apple, or use Apple's iWork: iWork - Apple. Jack Jan 14, 2022 11:15 AM in response to pnull12 It won’t run, it is obsolete. Your files will be compatible with newer versions of Office however. Either purchase a subscription to Microsoft 365, and download Office via the Mac App Store, or grab a copy from a retailer or Microsoft of the 1 time purchase version of Office, Office 2021. I would recommend Office via the Mac App Store and Microsoft 365 as it gives you the most features and gives you access to the latest version of Office at all times. Jan 14, 2022 12:19 PM in response to GreeniusGenius Thanks for your reply. I understand. I just learned about the FREE MS Office on the web. I realize the free version is only 5 gig storage on MS OneDrive, but if I'm willing to live with the limitations (I only need the basics), is this a viable option? What about all my word files on my old iMac? Can I retrieve them? Looking forward to hearing from you. Jan 14, 2022 12:22 PM in response to pnull12 You would have to all upload them. To be honest, I find Word online fiddly, and frustrating. And it’s lacking features, you can’t even insert a textbox! Can I suggest, what about using the Pages word processor available from Apple. Since you just need the basics, it should do very well. It’s free, and if not already on your Mac, can be downloaded from the Mac App Store. You can convert word files to view and edit them with it. Pages - Apple (UK). There is also Numbers, and Keynote, which can be likened to Excel and PowerPoint respectively. Jan 14, 2022 12:23 PM in response to pnull12 Why not simply use Apple Pages? It’s free and your old MS/Word documents should import just fine.
Jan 14, 2022 12:35 PM in response to GreeniusGenius Thank you for that answer. You’ve actually touched upon something that I’ve been considering. Yes, I do have pages on my new MacBook Air. Here is my question about that: unless I’m wrong, most people have MS Word on their
computers. If I use Apple Pages for resumes and cover letters, and email them to someone who only has MS Word, will they be able to open and read my correspondence with attachments created in Apple Pages? I appreciate your knowledge on this topic. Thank you very much.
Question marked as Best answer Jan 14, 2022 1:37 PM in response to pnull12 You might look at the free, open-source alternatives to MS Office: LibreOffice and SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018. Both can open, edit and save MS Office files in their original format or their own format. 
Moving MS Office 2008 from 12-yr old iMac to new MacBook Air (M1) Continues to shortchange Mac users with just five years of Office support; Windows customers get support twice as longSenior Reporter, Computerworld | Microsoft today reminded customers running Office for Mac 2008 that support for the suite ends next Tuesday. "Support for Office for Mac 2008 will end April 9, 2013," Microsoft's Mac Business Unit (MacBU), the firm's OS X development arm, said in a post on the team's blog Thursday. According to the company's support lifecycle site, all versions of the 2008 suite will be retired next week. Office for Mac 2008 launched Jan. 15, 2008, or about five years and three months ago. The MacBU's note was yet another reminder that Microsoft shortchanges customers running OS X. Microsoft supports the Windows versions of Office, even those that target consumers, for 10 years, or twice as long as it does Office for the Mac. Office Home and Student 2007, for example, which launched in late January 2007, a full year before Office for Mac 2008 appeared, will be supported until October 2017, more than four years from now. The older Office Student and Teacher 2003 retires down the road, too, in April 2014, alongside Windows XP. Even the Mac suite that's clearly business-oriented, Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition, loses support in a few days. Office for Mac 2008 will not suddenly stop working next week; it will launch, and let users create, edit and print documents. But it will not be served with security updates after April 8. For some reason, Microsoft considers all editions of Office for Windows as business products, no matter that some -- like Home and Student -- cannot be used for commercial purposes. At the same time it categorizes all editions of Office on OS X as consumer products. That's clear from Microsoft's policies. On its support lifecycle FAQ, Microsoft explains support for business and consumer software. "Microsoft will offer a minimum of 10 years of support for Business and Developer products," the company says. For consumer software, meanwhile, it states: "Microsoft will offer Mainstream Support for either a minimum of 5 years from the date of a product's general availability, or for 2 years after the successor product (N+1) is released, whichever is longer." The speedy retirement of Office for Mac 2008 is not new: Users faced the same five-year support lifespan for Office for Mac 2004, which was shut down in January 2012. Admittedly, that was more over two years later than the original deadline. But Microsoft's last-minute reprieve of Office for Mac 2004 was a one-time deal, as the MacBU made plain at the time. "This extension does not change the five-year support policy for other Office for Mac products, including future versions," a senior product manager said then. Microsoft extended support for Office for Mac 2004 to allow its users, many of whom relied on Visual Basic-based macros, time to migrate to the impending Office for Mac 2011, which launched in October 2010. Office for Mac 2008 dropped support for Visual Basic macros, but that support was restored in Office for Mac 2011. Yesterday, MacBU recommended that customers running Office for Mac 2004 migrate to Office 365, the line of subscription plans that lets users install Office for Mac Home & Business 2011 on up to five Macs. The consumer subscription plan, Office 365 Home Premium, costs $100 per year. They can also opt for a "perpetual" license of Office for Mac 2011, the traditional kind that is paid for once, but can be used as long as wanted. Office for Mac Home and Student lists for $140, while the for-commercial-use Home and Business sells for $220. Customers, however, have less than three more years before Office for Mac 2011 falls off Microsoft's support list in January 2016. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed. His email address is . See more by Gregg Keizer on Computerworld.com. Read more about applications in Computerworld's Applications Topic Center. Senior Reporter Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers and web apps for Computerworld. Copyright © 2013 IDG Communications, Inc. Is Office for Mac 2008 still supported?Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Microsoft Lifecycle | Microsoft Learn. This browser is no longer supported. Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.
Can I still use Microsoft Office 2008?You can continue to use Office 2008 until Apple decides you can't. So far, you get warning notices and the apps still run, but someday they won't. There isn't a whole lot in Office 2008 that you can't get from the completely free on-line version of Microsoft Office at office.com.
Can I install Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac?There is no download for Office 2008. Option 1) Use the Remote Disc feature built into OS X. Option 2) Use a flash drive, external drive to copy installer and transfer to MacBook. On the machine with the DVD drive, use Disk Utility to make a disc image of the install disc.
Can you upgrade Office 2008 Mac?Updated files
Note The Office 2008 for Mac 12.1. 3 Update is also available from Microsoft AutoUpdate. AutoUpdate is a program that automatically keeps Microsoft software up-to-date. To use AutoUpdate, start a Microsoft Office program.
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