Question: I feel very comfortable with Office 2016 and I am in no real hurry to make Bill Gates even wealthier. Open Word, Excel, Outlook, or PowerPoint and select File > Account > Update Options, then select Update Now from the drop-down menu.

For years, I have not had any problems with Word, Excel, or Outlook. I do not even have a gmail account, and I use Outlook 2016 daily to send Excel spreadsheets and Word documents.

In Office, I only use Word, Excel and Outlook 2016 in my work, but I do use them extensively. You made two statements in your response concerning Outlook: (1) “If you have Office 2016 Outlook, it may not support oauth for gmail and some other email servers, but the new versions may not work perfectly either especially with pop3”, and (2) “If you do not use outlook and you are not having complaints from collaborators about your files not behaving right, I see little reason to upgrade”. With full versions installed on your PC or Mac, there’s no need for an internet connection to access documents. Apple Silicon compatibility in Office 2016 is questionable. Install Microsoft 365 on your Mac, PC, tablets, and phones. Microsoft recently announced that it was officially ending support for Office 2016 for Mac on October 13, 2020.

Could you answer one additional question that I have concerning your response? I've used it successfully with Catalina but am apprehensive about upgrading to the new operating system.

Upgrade office 2016 to 2019 mac