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title: "I am upgrading from 10.6.8 to El Capitan. I'm being told that Microsoft Excel and Word won't work. Any ideas on how to convert?"  
description: "I am upgrading from 10.6.8 to El Capitan. I'm being told that Microsoft Excel and Word won't work. Any ideas on how to convert?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-09-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49949/i-am-upgrading-from-10-6-8-to-el-capitan-i-m-being-told-that-microsoft-excel-and-word-won-t-work-any-ideas-on-how-to-convert  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["mac troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# I am upgrading from 10.6.8 to El Capitan. I'm being told that Microsoft Excel and Word won't work. Any ideas on how to convert? 

I am upgrading from 10.6.8 to El Capitan. I'm being told that [Microsoft](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85718/microsoft-accelerates-modern-bi-adoption-with-power-bi-premium) [Excel](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157133/tips-to-learn-excel-the-basics) and [Word](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/132/how-to-create-doc-file-inside-folder) won't work. Any [ideas](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23173/online-gifting-ideas-for-diwali) on how to [convert](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/698/convert-text-document-to-pdf-file)? \
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