

Has anyone figured out a solution to this? Besides the 'grant access' issue with Word and Excel, I recently discovered a problem with Outlook. I don't want to have to restart Word and Excel or my computer daily. I've tried a couple temporary solutions I've found online, but I need a permanent solution. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file." In Excel, a window pops up wanting me to select the specific file to open (abc.xlsx) and then click the button "Grant Access." When I do, I then get the "Alert: Excel cannot open the file 'abc.xlsx' because the file format or file extension is not valid.


Select this file to grant access." So I hit "Select." I then get the alert: "Word cannot open the document: user does not have access privileges." In Word, a window pops up saying: "Additional permissions are required to access the following files: (abc.docx) Microsoft Word needs access to the file named abc.docx. After restarting my computer after installing the updates, I suddenly get a Grant Access message when trying to open Word or Excel documents that I was previously able to open before. We also use Suitcase Fusion to manage our fonts. We were also required to install security software, specifically, Sophos. A few days ago, I updated my Office 365 suite to version 16.33. I am currently running Mojave, version 10.14.6, on my 2019 iMac at work.
