MS Word

[HondaMan983]

For many years I have used macros in my Word documents in ensure a consistent look. However, I have recently purchased a new Apple Studio with Mac OS Sequoia 15.4.1 only to find that NONE of my macros work.

Can anyone help – PLEASE – as this is driving me NUTS!!!

 

[pm-r]

I have recently purchased a new Apple Studio with Mac OS Sequoia 15.4.1 only to find that NONE of my macros work.

According to Google Chrome's AI Overview, Learn more:

Yes, both macOS Sequoia (macOS 15) and macros in Microsoft Word are still supported. macOS Sequoia is compatible with recent versions of Microsoft Office, including Word. To ensure a smooth experience, it's recommended to update your Microsoft Office suite to the latest version available, which supports macOS Sequoia.

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It seems a little bit of fiddling might be required in order to get it working properly and it seems like the days of it just works are long gone and have faded away like the sunsets it seems.




- Patrick
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[HondaMan983]

According to Google Chrome's AI Overview, Learn more:

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It seems a little bit of fiddling might be required in order to get it working properly and it seems like the days of it just works are long gone and have faded away like the sunsets it seems.




- Patrick
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[HondaMan983]

Thanks for that, but nothing seems to help - so far.

 

[pm-r]

Thanks for that, but nothing seems to help - so far.

I'm sorry about that, but in case it matters, what version of Microsoft Word are you using?




- Patrick
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[Rod]

It seems a little bit of fiddling might be required in order to get it working properly and it seems like the days of it just works are long gone and have faded away like the sunsets it seems.

I suppose in a way you're right Patrick but in the early days we didn't have "old" Macs and OS's. Today we have users who are still using 10+ year old Intel Macs with MacOSX still running 32bit applications. When these users are forced to update to Silicon Macs running eg. Sequoia then it's only natural there will be problems. For me Macs continue to "just work" because I have an M Series MBP running macOS 15.4.1, a iPhone 16e running iOS 18.4.1 and an Apple Watch 10 running AWOS 11.4
Compatibility has become an issue that never really existed 10-15 years ago.

Sadly, the price we pay for using MS apps is the uninstall/reinstall and install of new versions of either MS Office for MacOS or elements of it, like MS Word.

If you do a quick search for Uninstall MS Office for MacOS you will find all the instructions for doing so, see below.

Uninstall Office for Mac - Microsoft Support

Need to uninstall Office for Mac? It's quick and easy. Just follow these simple steps.

support.microsoft.com

These instructions need to be followed to the letter in order to successfully Uninstall MS Office components.

Following that you can successfully install/reinstall MS Word or the entire MS Office suite.

 

[Rod]

I might add having done this every time I've bought a new Mac the process is simple but time consuming.
Some of the things you are asked to remove may not exist especially if you only had one MS app but it's worth checking.

Once you have whichever version of Word sucessfully installed it will open your previous docs with macros. You may need to create a new Template to continue as before.

Lastly, I think buying the whole suite is worth the money even if you only use a few elements and delete the rest. Deleting those is only a matter of dragging them to the Trash.

Download, install, or reinstall Microsoft 365 or Office 2024 on a PC or Mac - Microsoft Support

Learn how to install, reinstall, or activate Microsoft 365 or Office 2019 on a PC or Mac.

support.microsoft.com

 

[MacBiter]

I suppose in a way you're right Patrick but in the early days we didn't have "old" Macs and OS's. Today we have users who are still using 10+ year old Intel Macs with MacOSX still running 32bit applications. When these users are forced to update to Silicon Macs running eg. Sequoia then it's only natural there will be problems. For me Macs continue to "just work" because I have an M Series MBP running macOS 15.4.1, a iPhone 16e running iOS 18.4.1 and an Apple Watch 10 running AWOS 11.4
Compatibility has become an issue that never really existed 10-15 years ago.

The real problem for people like me (who am running Mavericks on a 2011 iMac - now the oldest Mac and Mac OS I've ever used, relatively speaking) is not the upgrading of software, it's the non-replacement of legacy software I've come to rely on. In my case that's Journler, the best journalling app ever, which hobbled on as far as Sierra but won't work at all in High Sierra; then there is Hear which is an awesome audio enhancer I wouldn't be without - that doesn't even work in Sierra. So I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.

 

[Rod]

I do sympathise, I mean you were happy with what you had and it worked, apparently very well, for you.
The trouble is a computer is a package containing many functions, if you don't update some apps cease to work, if you do update some apps cease to work. Either way you're screwed.

There is only one way I have found to tackle this, keep updating so the core apps continue to work, (safely) and spend a lot of time searching for viable replacements for apps that have ceased to be compatible.
Although a solution I've never been motivated enough to try is to create a dedicated partition or EHD for an older OS just to run one particular app. That may be warranted in some circumstances but it takes up way too much storage and time to justify the effort for me.

 

[MacBiter]

I do sympathise, I mean you were happy with what you had and it worked, apparently very well, for you.
The trouble is a computer is a package containing many functions, if you don't update some apps cease to work, if you do update some apps cease to work. Either way you're screwed.

There is only one way I have found to tackle this, keep updating so the core apps continue to work, (safely) and spend a lot of time searching for viable replacements for apps that have ceased to be compatible.
Although a solution I've never been motivated enough to try is to create a dedicated partition or EHD for an older OS just to run one particular app. That may be warranted in some circumstances but it takes up way too much storage and time to justify the effort for me.

Another solution is to run VMs within your OS - for example an old(er) OS within one of the latest ones so you can run both old and newer software. You would need plenty of RAM though - I recommend a minimum of 16GB - so you can comfortably run two OS's at once .