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TashB
Apr 01, 2019Copper Contributor
Microsoft Office 2019 and 2016 for mac not signing in
hi all I am experiencing a weird issue. we are trying to register an office for mac 2019, we insert the key into setup.office.com, download the installer and install it, and when opening word or ...
weskelley
Jun 23, 2019Copper Contributor
I'm dealing with the same issue after performing a clean install of MacOS 10.11 on my mid-2007 iMac. I realize Microsoft can't support all old OSs, but it would be nice if old versions of the software would activate on old OSs.
weskelley
Jun 25, 2019Copper Contributor
I was able to resolve this authentication problem by removing Office for Mac 2016 version 16 and installing version 15. This was last version compatible with Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan).
A download link is below:
https://officecdn-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/pr/C1297A47-86C4-4C1F-97FA-950631F94777/OfficeMac/Microsoft_Office_2016_15.41.17120500_Installer.pkg
- JfbxlSep 16, 2019Copper ContributorThanks for the link!
I tried during days to install the 16's version with the same issue as the others on this issue- JfbxlSep 17, 2019Copper Contributor
And it works. Happy 😉
- rickmaloneSep 05, 2019Copper Contributor
weskelley Thank you. This worked for me.