What are my options?Īlthough you'll still be able to use Office for Mac 2011, you might want to upgrade to a newer version of Office so you can stay up to date with all the latest features, patches, and security updates. This lifecycle typically lasts for 5 years from the date of the product’s initial release. Office for Mac 2011, like most Microsoft products, has a support lifecycle during which we provide new features, bug fixes, security fixes, and so on. In fact, most online help content will be retired. No further updates to support content will be provided. You'll no longer receive phone or chat technical support. Security updates are what help protect your Mac from harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. You'll no longer receive security updates. You'll no longer receive Office for Mac 2011 software updates from Microsoft Update. But here's what the end of support means for you: Rest assured that all your Office 2011 apps will continue to function-they won't disappear from your Mac, nor will you lose any data. When launching an application it will remind you to activate with the following message "You must activate your copy of Office for Mac within 15 days.Support for Office for Mac 2011 ended on October 10, 2017. If you choose to click on the Activate Later button, the product will run for 15 days only. Product Activation is required to use the product.
All previous versions of Office for Mac, other then trial, did not require Activation.Īfter you activate the software product, a specific product key is assigned to the computer hardware on which you installed the product. The goal of Product Activation is to reduce a form of piracy known as "casual copying" or "softlifting." Casual copying is a form of piracy characterized by the sharing of software between people in a way that infringes on the software's end user license agreement (EULA).Īctivation is a new feature in Office Mac 2011. Microsoft Product Activation tries to reduce counterfeit software, and to make sure that Microsoft customers receive the software quality that they expect.
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