You can definitely try that, but it may just have the same problem once you download the latest Service Pack 3 (14.4.6) from Microsoft. Some people have said to completely uninstall Office 2011 and then re-install it. Uninstall & Reinstall Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac The video is available directly on YouTube as well. Remember, it all depends on your Mac, the environment you have set up, and some other things that remain mysterious. Do note, this video is a bit long (about 8 minutes) because I wanted to show how some of the fixes actually DIDN’T work. Please leave a comment if this worked!īelow is a video showing some of the steps you can do to try to fix this issue. Once you are in the library, you need to delete the plist file for the Mac Office app that is crashing (I deleted Word, Excel & Powerpoint). It is normally hidden but you can unhide by going to the Finder in the Dock, then head over to the “Go” menu and hold down the “Option” key. HOW TO FIX: 1) go over to your User’s Library/Preferences folder. Update 05/20/15: After running all of my tricks listed in this article, I found one that isn’t listed that seems to have corrected the issue. I will report back on other ways to resolve. Unfortunately, after install, this didn’t correct my issues, but it may help others. While you can try running the Office Update app, it’s almost easier to head over to the Microsoft Office for Mac download site and download the Office 2011 14.5.1 update. There was a security update released by Microsoft today. And the fixes that I outlined in this article didn’t work. Update 05/19/15: Recently my Mac Office started crashing again. I have also recently posted a How-To video showing some of the potential fixes below (as well as some fixes that didn’t work this time). I have had the most success using Yosemite Cache Cleaner doing a “Light Cache Cleaning” as noted below. It seems that the issue does re-occur periodically. Update 02/09/15: Please be sure to read through (and leave) comments below. I have only tested one way that actually worked for me (which I noted below). However, instead of sitting and waiting to see if a common solution would come available (and you know that Microsoft WILL eventually release a patch to correct the issue), I wanted to try to find some other solutions on my own and quickly. Unfortunately, what may work for some doesn’t always work for others. Possible Ways to Fix Mac Office 2011 Crashing in Yosemite Supposedly these crashes have been occuring sporadically even back to some Yosemite betas. I went searching for a solution on various forums but only seemed to find other people encountering the same issue. It didn’t matter if I opened a document directly or one of the Office applications, within a few seconds, the Office App would crash. Every time I launched Word, Excel or PowerPoint, the app would crash after a few seconds with an error asking if I wanted to recover my work, reopen the Office app and send the error to Microsoft. 3.Recently, my version of Office for Mac (Office 2011), started crashing on my MacBook Pro. Flag as inappropriate Answer (Can Microsoft Office Home and Student 2019 convert and use files from Microsoft Office Home and Student 2008?) Is this 32 bit or 64 bit software? Recently warned that my 2011 version of MS Office for Mac is 32 bit. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a Microsoft Agent or Microsoft Employee and that the phone number is an official Microsoft global customer service number. Includes 60 days of Microsoft support at no extra cost. For students and families who want classic Office 2019, versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote ( features vary) Installed on one PC or Mac. It provides new features and updates to the on-premises apps for both users and IT professionals. The new enhancements in Office 2019 are a subset of a long list of features that have been added to Office 365 ProPlus over the last three years. Office applications available for a Mac are Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Office Home & Business 2019 or Office Home & Student 2019 are also available for Mac as a one-time purchase. You can purchase Office 365 subscriptions for both Mac and Windows.
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