{"id":13351,"date":"2013-04-04T15:18:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T22:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=13351"},"modified":"2016-10-06T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T19:03:19","slug":"microsoft-ending-support-for-office-for-mac-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/microsoft-ending-support-for-office-for-mac-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Ending Support for Office for Mac 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.officeformac.com\/ending-support-for-office-for-mac-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>\u00a0the company will be ending support for Office for Mac 2008 on April 9, 2013. This announcement comes on short notice, just five days before mainstream support for Office for Mac 2008 will end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/microsoft-ending-support-for-office-for-mac-2008\/office-for-mac-2008-support-dates\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13353\" title=\"Office for Mac 2008 support dates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Office-for-Mac-2008-support-dates.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Support Lifecycle table for Office for Mac 2008\" width=\"592\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Office-for-Mac-2008-support-dates.png 592w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Office-for-Mac-2008-support-dates-150x36.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Office-for-Mac-2008-support-dates-300x73.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though the software will no longer be supported and no new updates will be provided after April 9, it will remain functional, and Office users can still\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/search.aspx?q=microsoft office 2008 for mac&amp;p=0&amp;r=10&amp;t=&amp;s=availabledate~Descending\" target=\"_blank\">download updates for Office for Mac 2008<\/a>\u00a0through April 19, 2014.\u00a0Microsoft nonetheless recommends its affected users <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/mac\/buy\" target=\"_blank\">purchase<\/a> an Office 365 subscription, which includes Office for Mac 2011 and all future upgrades to the product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has announced\u00a0the company will be ending support for Office for Mac 2008 on April 9, 2013. 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