Webpages quit loading "problem"

Does Safari work when booted in Safe Mode?

Any add-on anti-malware, add-on anti-virus, add-on cleaner apps, add-on VPN client apps, add-on ad blocks, or add-on firewalls in use here? Those can insinuate themselves into Safari network connections, and some have caused issues.

Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files…

https://www.libreoffice.org/

Apple macOS (Mac OS X)

The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on a Apple macOS computer are as follows:

• LibreOffice 6.3.x: macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher
• LibreOffice 6.2.x: macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or higher
• Intel processor
• 512 MB RAM
• Up to 800 MB available hard disk space
• 1024x768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)

It is a recommended best practice to back-up your system and data before you remove or install software.

Notes:

• For certain features of the software - but not most - Java is required. Java is notably required for Base.
• Due to an issue, there are the following restrictions with Java: on macOS 10.10 and newer, JRE isn't found, JDK is required
• LibreOffice 4.3 can still run on OS X 10.6+, but please understand that this support ended when 4.3 was retired on May 27, 2015.

https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/#Apple

Feature Comparison of LibreOffice v6.4 with Office 365/Office 2019 for Mac

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_Office

JFMlafayette Said:

“Webpages quit loading "problem":[...] I did upgrade to Catalina [...]. Unfortunately, Catalina will not support my beloved Word 2008 program[...]”

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Two More Thoughts:

• OpenOffice: Mac - Apache OpenOffice

Visit that link... See if you have a device compatible with this (Up to 10.13). If so, I’d go about using it. It might be a different device you’d use, but try it and see if you’d be able to get done what you need to get done.

• Windows Virtual Machine:

Use a Virtual Machine, and then run OpenOffice or MS Word off of that, while your macOS is running itself in the background. Virtual Machine Programs are VMWare Fusion and Parallels. Basically, it is Windows-in-a-window.

JFMlafayette Said:

"Webpages quit loading 'problem' Safari says there is problem with page and is reloading, but just keeps failing and trying to reload[...] Just the same Sophos Anti-Virus I've had on for years, and MacScan 3.3. This happened after I installed two security software updates for MacOs High Sierra."

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Rid of this Security Software - use the uninstaller, as just dragging-and-dropping it into the Trash will result in temporary files to lay about your Mac, and be inaccessible.

Security Software just gets in the way on a Mac, and this is a pure example as to why and how.

Get the Installer Here: Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac: How to uninstall - Sophos Support

JFMlafayette Said:

“Webpages quit loading "problem":[...] I did upgrade to Catalina [...]. Unfortunately, Catalina will not support my beloved Word 2008 program[...]”

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Contact Microsoft Support:

They are the developer’s of the software.

Start Here:  Microsoft Contact Us Virtual Agent - Microsoft Support. Ask them if a promotion is going on for an upgrade — it’s worth a go. :)

JFMlafayette wrote:

...Catalina will not support my beloved Word 2008 program--which I love as I am a writer, and not working in an office with time to fool around with multiple menu bars and other unnecessary hassles in the new Word...

I’ve been using Scrivener for that.

Try Safe Mode. Also remove Sophos, and try again. Add-on anti-malware is a very good potential culprit, here.