Open Microsoft Office documents on your Mac. You can use the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps to open documents you created with Microsoft Office. How to open Microsoft Excel spreadsheets using Apple Numbers on a Mac Numbers has the ability to open Excel files so you can work on them. You can also export spreadsheets in Numbers so that they.

If you want to remind everyone that a workbook should only be changed if necessary, you can recommend that the workbook be opened as read-only.

Note: Prompting to open as read-only will not prevent changes from being made to your workbook. For stronger protection, set read-only status by locking the workbook with the Finder, or require a password to save changes.

1. Open the workbook you want to protect.

2. Click the File menu, and then click Passwords.

3. In the File Passwords dialog box, select the Read-only recommended check box, and click OK.

4. Close the workbook.

   The next time the workbook is opened, a message will ask if you want to open as read-only.

1. Open the workbook that you want to protect.

2. On the Review tab, under Protection, click Passwords.

3. In the File Passwords dialog box, select the Read-only recommended check box, and click OK.

4. Close the workbook.

   The next time the workbook is opened, a message will ask if you want to open as read-only.

See also

You can now get Office Add-ins from the Store or use Add-ins you already have from right within recent versions of Word for Mac and Excel for Mac.

There are two kinds of add-ins: Office Add-ins from the Office Store (which use web technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript) and add-ins made by using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

If you're looking for a built-in add-in such as Solver or Analysis ToolPak, select the Tools menu and then select Add-ins.

Get an Office Store add-in for Word or Excel for Mac

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1. On the Insert menu, select Add-ins.

2. To get new add-ins, select Store. To use add-ins you already have, select My Add-ins.

   • The add-ins you'll see will depend on the app you're using and the kind of Office 365 subscription you have.

   • Office for Mac doesn't currently support organization-based add-ins.

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Get a VBA add-in for Word or Excel for Mac

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1. On the Tools menu, select Add-Ins.

2. In the Add-Ins available box, select the add-in you want, and then click OK.

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Requirements

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Office Add-ins aren't available in Office for Mac 2011. They're only available in newer versions.