mac big sur 11.7.11 can no longer use office?

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mac big sur 11.7.11 can no longer use office?

Serena 5

My mac is big sur 11.7.11, and can not update to higher version, and office after 16.77 can not support big sur.
So this mac could not active the office anymore?

Scott L 0 Reputation points

2026-10-27T00:56:31.5833333+00:00

I am in the same boat. I read that downloading the full install of 16.77 should be able to work. Is this the case or is that also dead? I have tried this approach and was able to download it but when it came to activation it keep giving me a 0x0 error code. AI says it should work but its not. Any info or help would be appreciated.

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Scott L 0 Reputation points

2026-10-27T00:56:31.5833333+00:00

I am in the same boat. I read that downloading the full install of 16.77 should be able to work. Is this the case or is that also dead? I have tried this approach and was able to download it but when it came to activation it keep giving me a 0x0 error code. AI says it should work but its not. Any info or help would be appreciated.

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DaveM121 946.1K Independent Advisor

If your MacOS version is Big Sur, and cannot be updated, then like many other people are being affected by the changes they made in the July 13th update, your Office version would go into Read Only mode, they provide that information on this link.

https://support.microsoft.com/office/update-microsoft-365-or-office-on-your-macos-or-ios-device-f418ae5d-bb5f-4078-b3d9-9340f5dd084e

The options you have on that device are to either use the free versions of the Office apps in a web browser, or you could install the free version of LibreOffice, that will work on Big Sur and will be compatible with all your previously created Office documents.

Isabelle Heinemann 0 Reputation points

2026-07-16T23:15:03.1533333+00:00

I've just been hit by the same problem. There is no way apparently to continue using Microsoft Word on Big Sur, so I would like to switch to LibreOffice, but the latest version is not compatible with my Mac either and won't let me install it, despite this chart seeming to indicate that it should be: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/System_Requirements

Does anyone know which version of LibreOffice I can use on Big Sur 11.7.11 (20G1443)?