Office 2001 and Mac

[stehman]

Version: Older version
Operating System: Older version
Processor: Power PC

I am trying to install Office in OS 9 so that I can open an old encrypted word document. I have Office 2001 but the disc says that it was designed exclusively for OSX Does anyone know if there were originally two discs - one for OS 9 and one for OS X?

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I am trying to install Office in OS 9 so that I can open an old
encrypted word document. I have Office 2001 but the disc says that it
was designed exclusively for OSX Does anyone know if there were
originally two discs - one for OS 9 and one for OS X?

Are you sure this is an Office 2001 disk? That's for Mac OS 9. Office X
was the first version for Mac OS X. No version was ever cross-platform
(between Mac OS 9 and X).

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[stehman]

It is in the round plastic case that says Office:Mac then 2001 underneath. The disc however says Office:mac with v. X underneath. It is the same yellow on the disc and the years on the disc say 1983-2001. It is an academic version. Not sure what else the disc would be from. I have kept them together for the duration.

 

[CyberTaz]

According to what you describe you have the *packaging* for Office 2001
(version 9.x) but the disk within is Office X (version 10.x) and what you
originally posted would confirm that since Office X does in fact require OS
X 10.x or later. Office 2001 will not run in OS X except where Classic
(9.x.x) is supported & actively installed.

Somewhere along the line the new version disk got stored in the old version
package - there's no way it could have shipped like that unless the vendor
you bought it from made the switch. Even that would have had to take place
after Office X started shipping. That's not unheard of, I guess, but it
isn't very likely... And if you had tried to install Office X on an OS 9.x
Mac you would have not been able to do so.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac