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    I want to install Office 365/2016 for Mac and keep Office 2011, as I can't afford any downtime if I encounter any problems with Office 2016 Mac.  Advice?

    Also, how does one transfer Office 2011 custom templates and the Office 2011 dictionary that, for 4 years I have been adding words to?  It is inefficient, not to mention annoying to think one has to start over with these basic elements of the Office system.

    Thanks for any advice you might have.

    Friday, September 25, 2015 5:06 AM

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    Hi,

    For your first question, if we install Office 2016 for mac, it'll remove Office 2011 first. We need to re-install Office 2011 Mac after Office 2016 for mac installation completed.

    Office 2011 download

    https://blogs.office.com/2015/07/22/your-top-10-questions-about-office-2016-for-mac-answered/

    For your second question, we could copy the custom templates from Office 2011 to Office 2016 with this path:

    Office 2011: ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/

    Office 2016:~\Library\Group Containers\UBF8T346G9.Office\User Content\Templates  

    Then, If you installed Office 2016 for Mac to run side-by-side with Office for Mac 2011, any custom dictionaries that you added and enabled in Office for Mac 2011 will be automatically copied to Office 2016 for Mac. If Office finds previously created custom dictionaries in any location other than the default dictionary location, you may be prompted for additional permissions to grant access to the files. If you see this message, simply select the file or files and click Select to grant access to custom dictionaries.

    https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Use-a-custom-dictionary-in-Office-for-Mac-22ce4a39-c63b-41a3-903c-a6881c891ba7

    PS: Please ask one question on one thread next time, it'll help others easily/quickly find the similar thread.

    Regards,

    George Zhao
    TechNet Community Support

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    • Proposed as answer by George123345 Wednesday, October 7, 2015 8:42 AM
    • Marked as answer by George123345 Thursday, October 8, 2015 8:15 AM
    Monday, September 28, 2015 1:53 AM

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    Hi,

    For your first question, if we install Office 2016 for mac, it'll remove Office 2011 first. We need to re-install Office 2011 Mac after Office 2016 for mac installation completed.

    Office 2011 download

    https://blogs.office.com/2015/07/22/your-top-10-questions-about-office-2016-for-mac-answered/

    For your second question, we could copy the custom templates from Office 2011 to Office 2016 with this path:

    Office 2011: ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/

    Office 2016:~\Library\Group Containers\UBF8T346G9.Office\User Content\Templates  

    Then, If you installed Office 2016 for Mac to run side-by-side with Office for Mac 2011, any custom dictionaries that you added and enabled in Office for Mac 2011 will be automatically copied to Office 2016 for Mac. If Office finds previously created custom dictionaries in any location other than the default dictionary location, you may be prompted for additional permissions to grant access to the files. If you see this message, simply select the file or files and click Select to grant access to custom dictionaries.

    https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Use-a-custom-dictionary-in-Office-for-Mac-22ce4a39-c63b-41a3-903c-a6881c891ba7

    PS: Please ask one question on one thread next time, it'll help others easily/quickly find the similar thread.

    Regards,

    George Zhao
    TechNet Community Support

    Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help, and unmark the answers if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.
    • Proposed as answer by George123345 Wednesday, October 7, 2015 8:42 AM
    • Marked as answer by George123345 Thursday, October 8, 2015 8:15 AM
    Monday, September 28, 2015 1:53 AM
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    Installing Office 2016 for Mac will most definitely NOT remove or affect an existing installation of Office 2011. Your assertion is completely wrong.

    Mac MVP

    Thursday, January 14, 2016 6:47 PM
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    Ok, I have the same question but want to make sure how the upgrade will affect my existing Outlook.pst file - will it automatically save this file and reconnect to it or will it build a completely new version and I'll have to open the old one when I want to access the historical e-mails?
    Saturday, March 25, 2017 7:23 PM