Office for Mac and Catalina. The latest or recent versions of Office for Mac are ready for Catalina (ie 64-bit): Office 365 for Mac (fully updated) Office 2019 for Mac; Office 2016 for Mac after v15.35 is also OK for Catalina. After v15.35, Office 2016 for Mac is 64-bit only. If you've been updating Mac Office 2016 regularly, you'll be OK. Office 2011 for Mac will NOT work because it's only 32-bit. Also support for Office. After Microsoft Office, the next and best office suite for Mac users to immediately.
Hey julesV57,
I understand that you're having trouble with the Word app because performance is slow. I'll be happy to help.
Take a look at the Activity Monitor when using the Word app to see if you notice any other apps that may be the cause for these performance issues. Here's some more info about using Activity Monitor: See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity
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A different method you can use to determine if third-party apps are conflicting with Word is by testing Word in a test user account: How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac. If you're able to use the app without an issue in this test user account, then you'll know the issue is with specific settings or apps in the main account. You can find more information in the above resource about this.
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