Microsoft Office 2011 Mac 64 bit upgrade

It seems to me that the decent thing for Microsoft to do would be to offer a discount on the most recent versions of Microsoft Office for Mac to those who own Office 2011.  But I am not holding my breath.  Many years ago I had a very negative view of Microsoft and their practices but in the last several years their behavior had improved markedly.  Until now.

Thank you very much Jim. I was hoping you would reply! :-)

I'll have to read through your reply a few times to make sure I understand it but thanks for replying.

Cheers

There are two separate messages, and each should be presented only once, assuming you have updated to the final update of Office 2011 version 14.7.7

When you launch an Office 2011 app, you might see a yellow band under the Ribbon. I don't remember exactly what it says because it displayed only once for me and now I don't see it. This is a notice from Microsoft.

Apple displays a dialog when you open ANY 32-bit application (or even a printer driver) in a current version of Mac OS cautioning you that at some point 32-bit applications will no longer be supported. Again, once you have dismissed that dialog for a given application it should not display again for that application, unless you are using Mojave, where I think the reminders display regardless because at some point your apps will stop working.

To the best of my knowledge there is no way to turn those reminders off.

Microsoft offers a variety of licensing types both perpetual (primarily for IT shops) and subscriptions. Home and Student is the only one that does not include Outlook.

Microsoft Offers suggestions on which version is right for you, depending on your needs.

Choose the option that's right for you

For home

For business

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In addition to the above, Microsoft offers a completely free, reduced feature version of Microsoft Office on line with OneDrive. This version competes against other free lightweight Office suites such as LibreOffice and Google Docs.  There is also a free, lightweight on-line version of Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft OneNote is available for free from the Apple app store.

In general, if you want the full featured set of Word, PowerPoint and Excel I advise getting a subscription. Although Microsoft sells perpetual license versions, they're made primarily for IT shops. If your hard drive dies or you wipe it clean, or you buy a new Mac, you'll probably have to purchase a whole new perpetual license in order to keep using the suite. If you buy a subscription you have full control over your installs (up to 6 of them). A subscription makes you keep your hardware and operating system up to date in the sense that after 6 years (if it's brand new today) your hardware and OS probably won't be current enough to install updates.

...............To stop these messages happening, I think I need to upgrade from Office 2011 to Office 2019 (64 bit) although really it's buying a new copy.............

It seems a bit extreme to have to buy something in order to stop the buying messages. I thought I read somewhere a long time ago that there is a way of stopping the same messages appearing again. Perhaps someone wiser than me can enlighten us.

Hi

I'm in the same boat here or rather my Mum is. To stop these messages happening, I think I need to upgrade from Office 2011 to Office 2019 (64 bit) although really it's buying a new copy.

It seems that unless (in the UK), I spend £249, the only way to get Outlook 2019 is in one of the Office 365 subscriptions which you have to pay for every year.

Am I right in this?

Thanks 

Enwezor