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Latest Word update on MacOS Big Sur

Hi everyone:

I have been using Office on my mac without any issues for years. However, in the latest automatic update, I cannot open Word. It says it is incompatible with MacOS Big Sur. The strange thing is that it worked fine with Powerpoint and Excell. Does anyone have the same problem?

Posted on Jun 15, 2021 04:33 PM

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Jun 15, 2021 04:53 PM in response to Lady_Lotus

Word on my Mac running Big Sur 11.4 did an automatic update today and still works.

You may want to also check the Microsoft Word for Mac forum: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_mac?sort=LastReplyDate&dir=Desc&tab=All&status=all&mod=&modAge=&advFil=&postedAfter=&postedBefore=&threadType=all&isFilterExpanded=false&page=1

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Jun 15, 2021 05:17 PM in response to Lady_Lotus

After reading your post, I warily opened the just-updated Word on my MBP.

No apparent problems here.

MacOS Big Sur 11.4

MS-Word 16.50

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