To create a document from a template that you created yourself, open the Word Document Gallery (click the New From Template button on the Standard toolbar).
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So it sounds like you were using very old versions of Word and Excel that were 32-bit. Catalina only supports modern 64-bit apps. I did a video on this a while back:So you need to update. You can use the current versions in the Mac App store with an Office 365 subscription. A regular one is $100 per year, and they have a personal subscription for only $70 per year.Software subscriptions are the way things are going as the developers need a sustainable way to update software.
The old method where people bought it as cheap as possible and then didn’t update for 10+ years was killing the industry.As you can see wit that link they still do offer a “Office Home & Student 2019” one-time purchase for $150 if you really want that. But I’d imagine eventually it will be subscription-only.If having Word and Excel aren’t important enough to you to spend $70/year, then there are alternatives.
You can just use Pages and Numbers, which you get for free with your Mac. Or, you can use Google Docs or Open Office or something else. Terry: You had an old version of Word. Sometimes we have to pay for upgrades. Software costs money to develop — Microsoft employs lots of programmers to develop those apps. You bought Word more than 4 years ago, so it is not unreasonable to have to pay for a new version every once in a while.
But like I said, there are free alternatives. Pages IS free.
It doesn’t cost you a cent more to download it and install it (you probably already have it). If Microsoft Office is too expensive for you to update, then that’s fine. It is professional software and most people don’t need it. Use OpenOffice. Use Google Docs. Those are all free. Yes really free.
I’m not sure what you mean by “TV cost and didn’t before Catalina” — the TV app is free. Maybe you are confusing it with the paid “Apple TV+” service. That’s new and is some TV shows Apple is producing.
But it wasn’t something that even existed before, so I think you are mixing it up.
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