So I was relieved to have reliable, updated software to fall back on.ĭo what you like but as a pro Office user I do not plan to upgrade for at least the next year. (I also had Open Office and Office for Windows on a Virtual Machine.) Also, 2011 was basically broken when it was released - it's dependable now but it used to crash multiple times daily.
Every once in a while, a file that would crash Office 2011 would be fine in 2004 or 2008 - so I needed that safety net. I work on a Mac but most of my clients are on Windows-based systems and they also are working in different languages as well, so having multiple versions installed gave me more options in terms of compatibility. First - I am a professional proofreader and I deal with documents all day. To the average person this would probably seem like a waste of space but I had some good reasons for doing this. It used to be you could have as many versions as you wanted installed - on my old Snow Leopard system I had 2004, 2009 (or was it 2008? can't remember) and 2011. I use Office 2011 for about 8-12 hours daily and frankly I'm afraid to upgrade because for the first time, MS is warning of issues with having more than one version of Office on your Mac.