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Microsoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installations (www.osnews.com)
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[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Cool but if you handle complex documents with stuff like macros you're straight out of luck. Even if you can get some compatibility you're never going to be quite sure it will all work and look perfectly.

This is how Microsoft keeps their position.