Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month
📚 今日必学
certificate | n. | 证书;证明文件 — Microsoft isn't renewing the certificate that validates Office licenses.
📝 文章概括
微软下月将让 Office 2019 Mac 全面停摆,起因是不再续签许可证验证证书。7 月 13 日起,Word、Excel 等应用只能"打开"不能"保存",用户被迫购买 Office 2024 或 Microsoft 365。
🌐 News Original
Microsoft's Office 2019 apps for Mac will stop working next month, because the company isn't renewing a certificate that validates Office licenses. Owners of Office 2019 for Mac are being warned they'll have to purchase Office 2024 or a Microsoft 365 subscription if they want to continue editing documents. Microsoft previously promised that "all your Office 2019 apps will continue to function," when it announced end of support in 2023. The company then quietly updated that support note last month to remove the mention of apps continuing to function, replacing it with "Rest assured that all your Office..." Starting on July 13th, Office 2019 for Mac and Office 2021 for Mac will both run in "reduced functionality mode," allowing people to open files but not edit, save, or create new documents. The reduced functionality will impact Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. While Microsoft is providing a certificate update for Office 2021 as it's still supported until October 13th, 2026, the company is leaving Office 2019 for Mac users out in the cold as support for these apps ended a few years ago. "Office 2019 for Mac reached end of support on October 10, 2023, and n..." JimmyTech points out that old versions of Microsoft 365 apps on Mac and iOS will also be affected by this certificate issue, but a simple update will fix it for those users. Microsoft regularly ends support of software and there's always the risk you could run into issues running older apps or versions of Windows. It's still surprising to not see Microsoft make an exception here though, particularly because this certificate issue breaks the main functionality of an app...
🔍 难句拆解
原句：While Microsoft is providing a certificate update for Office 2021 as it's still supported until October 13th, 2026, the company is leaving Office 2019 for Mac users out in the cold as support for these apps ended a few years ago.
拆解：主干 `While ..., the company is leaving ... out in the cold`;两个 `as` 引导的原因状语从句——第一个解释为什么 2021 还救,第二个解释为什么 2019 不救。`leave sb out in the cold` 是固定搭配,字面"把某人留在寒冷中",引申为"抛弃、不照顾"。
💬 实用表达
stop working 停止工作;停摆
例句：Office 2019 for Mac will stop working next month.
be warned 被警告;被告诫
例句：Owners are being warned they'll have to purchase Office 2024.
quietly update 悄悄更新;不声不响地改
例句：Microsoft quietly updated that support note last month.
reduced functionality mode 功能受限模式
例句：The apps will run in reduced functionality mode.
leave sb out in the cold 抛弃某人;不照顾
例句：Office 2019 users are being left out in the cold.
📖 词汇表
certificaten.
证书;凭证
A certificate validates Office licenses.
validatev.
验证;使生效
The certificate validates that the software is genuine.
licensen.
许可证;执照
Microsoft sells Office under a per-seat license.
subscriptionn.
订阅;订购
A Microsoft 365 subscription costs money each month.
functionalityn.
功能
The reduced functionality mode blocks editing.
editionn.
版本
Office 2019 is the older edition of Office.
impactv.
影响;波及
The change impacts Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
exceptionn.
例外
Microsoft made no exception for Mac users.
renewv.
续签;续期
The company decided not to renew the certificate.
correspondv.
通信;对应
Please correspond with the support team by email.
🇨🇳 中文译文
微软的 Office 2019 Mac 版应用将在下月全面停摆,原因是公司决定不续签用于验证 Office 许可证的证书。微软警告 Office 2019 Mac 用户,如果想继续编辑文档,他们必须购买 Office 2024 或订阅 Microsoft 365。 微软此前在 2023 年宣布终止支持时曾承诺"你的所有 Office 2019 应用都将继续运行"。但上个月,公司悄然更新了那则支持说明,删除了"应用继续运行"的相关表述,改成了"请放心,你的所有 Office……" 自 7 月 13 日起,Office 2019 Mac 与 Office 2021 Mac 都会进入"功能受限模式",用户可以打开文件,但无法编辑、保存或新建文档。Word、Excel、PowerPoint、Outlook、OneNote 全都受影响。 对于 Office 2021,微软仍提供了证书更新——该版本要到 2026 年 10 月 13 日才结束支持。但 Office 2019 Mac 的用户就没这么幸运了,该版本的支持早在几年前就已终止。"Office 2019 Mac 的支持已于 2023 年 10 月 10 日结束……" JimmyTech 指出,Mac 和 iOS 上旧版本的 Microsoft 365 应用也会受到此次证书问题影响,但这些用户只需一次简单更新即可修复。 微软时常终止软件支持,运行旧应用或旧版 Windows 时总会遇到风险。真正让人意外的是,微软这次没有为 Mac 用户破例——尤其因为这次证书问题直接掐断了一款应用的核心功能……
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原文题目：Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month
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