Hi Stephen, thanks for that. I presume then that Office 2016 is
compatible and stable enough with Catalina OS? 

Kind Regards

Peter Crisp

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Sent:Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:20:00 +0800
Subject:Re: Horrible Catalina

 My wife and I have both been on Catalina since about 2 weeks after
release.I find it very stable and have no issues at all.
But I made sure for some time prior that I gradually upgraded any 32
bit Apps to 64 bit.Or I replaced them with something else.So when we
moved to Catalina it went quite smoothly.
PS: I downloaded a genuine MS Office 2016 (with license) foe
$110.00.But I tend to do a lot of research before diving into
anything.

On 30 Apr 2020, at 9:07 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
Hi Bill, thanks for that response. It triggered me into looking at the
availability of MS Office for a once off purchase. I see Office 2019
is also available for once off purchase. I don't want to go down the
Office 365 route. All I could see was the single user licence. Do MS
still do the 5 user licence for MS Office once off purchase? I thought
that Office 2011 would be incompatible with Catalina (being the 64 bit
requirement). 
Does anyone have any guidance for a Once off purchased MS Office
(Multi licence) that is Catalina compatible?

Kind Regards

Peter Crisp

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Sent:Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:23:45 +1000
Subject:Re: Horrible Catalina

Office 2016 is available from software giants will run ok on Catalina
but a few functions are much harder to do compared to 2011.Regards
Bill K
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 8:06 AM clamshell  wrote:
Hi, Alan,
It’s not just disliking Catalina; it is interfering with what I am
trying to do. I use a Wacom tablet and stylus. Just moving the stylus
around causes the interface to switch to another, random location, or
go totally blank. And, I have 2 small Western Digital external disks.
On the previous IOS, they showed up on the desktop — now they
don’t. What’s worse is, I can’t eject them.  I have more gripes
about Catalina, but I wont inflict them on you.
Anyway, thanks very much for the links to the Queensland User
Groups.Cheers,Pat

On 29 Apr 2020, at 18:03, Alan Smith  wrote:

Hi Pat
Sorry to read that you dislike Catalina.  It will be replaced - one
day!  In the meantime - - -.
AppleUsers dot org website lists five MUGs in Queensland. 
  https://www.appleusers.org/mug-listings/ [6]
 Most appropriate would seem to be Apple-Q in Brisbane:
  http://www.apple-q.org.au [7]
CheersAlan

On 29 Apr 2020, at 2:55 pm, Pat  wrote:
 Hello, WAMUGgers, I  moved over to Brisbane,4 months ago. My
computer didn’t catch up with me for several of those months.  When
I finally cranked it up and pushed the Start button, there was
Catalina. Well, I thought, I hope it is as good as its predecessor.
But, I was in for shock after shock. To  put it  in straight words:
I Hate Catalina.  There are so many horrible changes; what has Apple
been thinking? I read about the Mac virus problem, but that doesn’t
warrant the  infliction of Catalina on unsuspecting computers.

Anyway, does anyone know if Catallina will be superceded?  Soon? 
And does anyone know if there is anything like WAMUG in Brisbane? 

I wish good health for all of you in these treacherous times.

Stay safe and warm,
Pat Scott

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