Microsoft Office keeps crashing on mac with EL Capitan OS or Yosemite

• El Capitan included a lot of performance enhancements for OS X, it had some negative effect on Microsoft Office, especially when it comes to email with outlook. So if Outlook keeps on quitting unexpectedly or if you find that Word is crashing ever since the update, you must have probably run into one of the Microsoft Office bugs.

• Apple has released an update, OS X 10.11.1, designed to take care of many of these Office problems. Navigate to the Apple Menu, and click on Software Update… to see if any updates need to be downloaded.

• You can also restart completely to enact any waiting updates. Visit the Apple Menu (the button in the top left of your screen with the apple logo), and select the option Restart. Sometimes if Yosemite has really hit a wall this will freeze your computer instead of restarting it. If this happens, press Control key-Command key (⌘) -Power button at the same time. This will force the restart – just be sure that your programs are closed and your data saved before you attempt this. This should download any waiting updates on your computer.

• Try downloading updates directly from Microsoft if any are available. Visit the Help Menu for any Office for Mac program, and click on Check for Updates – the program should do the rest.