Office X and Leopard (10.5)

[Lynn_Stephenson]

Version: v.X
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Intel

We want to upgrade our Macs to 10.5, but are stuck with Office X (our employer doesn't want us to be out of line with the Windows users in the organisation, who are also using a fairly old version of Office).

We've had no problems using Office X on our 10.4 Intel Macs, despite a few initial warnings that it wouldn't work.

Can anybody confirm that Office X will still work OK on 10.5?

 

[CyberTaz]

"OK", yes At the moment it's a bit iffy - for the most part you should
find that there is nothing of significant concern. Keep in mind, though,
that Office X will have no further updates (10.1.9 was the last) so as OS X
continues to evolve that version of Office will be left further behind.
There's no guarantee that the next update to Leopard (10.5.x) won't break
Office X.

X & 2004 both use the same default file format (.doc) as do 2003 & prior on
the PC. Also, the latest versions of Office (2008 Mac & 2007 PC) continue to
support it (even though their native format is .docx). Additionally, the
free converters from MS enable Office 2000-2003, X & 2004 to open & save to
the new format.

 

[Diane Ross]

We want to upgrade our Macs to 10.5

If you have older computers, you might be better off sticking with Tiger.
Leopard requires more RAM and can really slow down older computers.

Office X does work with Leopard currently. You will not get any security
updates with could be important for your business. The last update for
Office X was Microsoft Office v. X for Mac 10.1.9 Update release date
1/5/2007.

<http://tinyurl.com/284v95>

Be sure you are updated by checking the Microsoft Component Plugin to see
that it shows 10.1.9.

/Applications/Microsoft Office X/Office/Microsoft Component Plugin"