Big Sur 11.7.7

Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files like Word & Excel, & Page Layout…

https://www.libreoffice.org/

Thanks to Matti Haveri…

MS Office for Mac Mini - Apple Community

LibreOffice 4.0.6.2_MacOS_PPC works in OS X 10.5.8 (last official PowerPC version).

LibreOffice 4.3.7.2_MacOS_x86.dmg (and x86-64?) works in OS X 10.6.

LibreOffice 7.0.4 works in macOS 10.11 and 10.14.

https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

Thanks to Servant to Cats…

LibreOffice is up to

• Version 7.5.4 – Requires Mojave or later
• Version 7.4.7 – Requires High Sierra or later
• The LibreOffice site is now offering
• Version 7.6.2 – Requires Catalina or later
• Version 7.5.7 – Requires Mojave or later

Release notes indicate that as of August 2023, new versions of LibreOffice will likely require Catalina or later.

And thanks to VikingOSX…

VikingOSX User level: Level 10 110,601 points

Feb 3, 2024 8:47 AM in response to BDAqua

The current LibreOffice is v24.2.0 and requires Catalina or later

Let's not overlook SoftMaker's Office 2021 suite which has familiar Word and Excel UI design, and opens these documents in their native formats.

upgrades to Mac OS high Sierra - Apple Community

I just upgraded to MacOS Big Sur.

I bought Numbers inside iWork'09, and worked with it for more than 14 years.

Now I cannot upgrade it from AppStore with thie following error message

which advise me to go on AppStore, which is exactly where I am:

How can we avoid going round in such stupid circles?

You can only download Pages, Keynote and Numbers for Big Sur if you downloaded them previously using your current Apple ID.