AutoUpdate 3.0.5 was installed with the last Office update a few days ago. Microsoft has backed off from the mess it made with a new version of AutoUpdate you can download now. The problem only happens if you're using both the Office 2016 preview Microsoft has posted as well as Office 2011.

• Microsoft Mac 2011 Update
• Why Won't Microsoft Updates Download

Once you installed the previous version of AutoUpdate, you'd find that it would locate but would be unable to install an update to Office 2011. What's worse, the AutoUpdate program would grab lots of memory and generally make a mess of things. People were running into this problem:

Oct 07, 2015 On the Go menu, click Applications. Open the Microsoft Office 2011 folder, and then start any Office application. (For example, start Microsoft Word). On the application menu, click About. In the About dialog box, note the version number that is displayed. Open any Office application such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. On the top menu, go to Help Check for Updates. Important: If you don't see Check for Updates on the Help menu, download the latest version of the Microsoft AutoUpdate tool. Run the tool and then start over at step 1. Feb 15, 2019  Every time I try to update Microsoft Word 2011 (which I bought several years ago with my MacBook as a one-off purchase) it says. AutoUpdate cannot connect to the update server. The server might be too busy, or there might be a problem with your network connection. Oct 07, 2015 Microsoft has released the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.5.6 update. In addition to the application improvements that are mentioned in this article, Office for Mac 2011 is now available as a subscription offering. For more information about subscriptions, see Frequently Asked Questions. This update has prerequisites.

To get past it, the easiest thing to do is to to run AutoUpdate again. It'll find the updated version of itself and install it. To do so, just select the 'Check for Updates' option in the Help menu of any open Microsoft application.

If that doesn't work, or if you don't trust AutoUpdate to do the right thing, you can download the latest updater from Microsoft's web site and install it yourself. That'll download to your Downloads folder as a .pkg file.

How to run the AutoUpdate installer

1. Double-click on 'Microsoft AutoUpdate 3.0.6.pkg' to launch the installer.
2. Click Continue.
3. Click Continue again to install it to your Mac's hard drive.
4. Click Install.
5. Enter your administrator password and click Install Software.
6. After it's done click the Close button.

That's it.

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Microsoft Mac 2011 Update

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Product key code for microsoft office 2011 for mac windows 10. Nov 04, 2017  CJ offered the explanation for those who bought an Office 365 license and installed Office 2011 from their subscription. However, most people bought perpetual licenses and have a product key that came with the product. In this case, you can simply install Office 2011 onto your new Mac and re-use the product key. Once you have your product key, see Activate Office for Mac 2011. When you install or reinstall Microsoft Office, you are prompted to enter the product key. The product key is used during installation to 'unlock' the software.