EXCEL for MAC - DA

[deanalt]

It seems that more and more college students every year are choosing
MACs versus PCs (40% now and growing fast) and that my daughter is
headed that way. I have a PC, but the evidence seems to be pretty
unequivocal that, if you can afford it, a MAC is just better.

Regarding EXCEL, I assume that MAC users can import and use a file
ctreated on a PC and vice- versa. Can anyone tell me. Every time
we tlak about EXCEL 2002 versus 2003 veruss 2007 and the like, are
there equivalent versions of these on the MAC, too.

Given some of the occaisonally difficuly issiues between 2003 and
2007, it scars me to think about PC versus MAC version issues that
could come up.

Can anyone tell me how easily translatable is EXCEL between MAC and PC
versions?

Thanks!
Dean

 

[Malke]

It seems that more and more college students every year are choosing
MACs versus PCs (40% now and growing fast) and that my daughter is
headed that way. I have a PC, but the evidence seems to be pretty
unequivocal that, if you can afford it, a MAC is just better.

Regarding EXCEL, I assume that MAC users can import and use a file
ctreated on a PC and vice- versa. Can anyone tell me. Every time
we tlak about EXCEL 2002 versus 2003 veruss 2007 and the like, are
there equivalent versions of these on the MAC, too.

Given some of the occaisonally difficuly issiues between 2003 and
2007, it scars me to think about PC versus MAC version issues that
could come up.

Can anyone tell me how easily translatable is EXCEL between MAC and PC
versions?

This is not a Windows XP issue. The Mac Office experts can help you here:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspx
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/

Malke

 

[DL]

IMO the young like MACs because they tend to be more attractive or 'sexy'
There is no such unequivocal evidence, it depends entirely what you are
using the system for.
If they are using Office it makes no difference.

 

[deanalt]

Please don't take offense (I appreciate your help) but "If someone
with a MAC sends you an EXCEL file and you need to play with it, isn't
it then a Windows PC issue? Or do you (or anyone) pretty much know,
from experiecne, that they can/will send it to you in a format that is
already intended for a PC?

Thanks!
Dean

 

[deanalt]

I've only used PCs (have decades invested) so it is difficult to admit
it but, though perhaps unequivocal was too strong a word, I'd say the
preponderence of the evidence out there, to my dismay, is that
(setting cost aside) MACs are better (more stable, intuitive, etc)
than PCs, especially now while Vista is still being shaken out. But,
as you note, this was not the point of my e-mail, only that I was
having trouble promoting a PC (and thereby avoiding the offcie
translatability issue).

That said, if you have some links that suggest a PC is better in some
overall sense, I'd love to show it to my daughter (though I suppose I
shouldn't be asking that in this forum, since it is totally off
topic)!

Thanks much!
Dean

 

[Malke]

Please don't take offense (I appreciate your help) but "If someone
with a MAC sends you an EXCEL file and you need to play with it, isn't
it then a Windows PC issue? Or do you (or anyone) pretty much know,
from experiecne, that they can/will send it to you in a format that is
already intended for a PC?

Logically it would seem that if someone sends you an Excel file created on a
PC it would open perfectly in Mac Excel, but from looking at the Mac
newsgroups (which is what I was doing shortly after getting Mac Office 2007
for my MacBook) this is apparently not the case. There are nuances in using
the Mac Office products that don't exist in the Windows versions and the
Mac Office products differ from the Windows Office products. That's why I
suggested the best place to get accurate information was on the Mac Office
forums because that's where the Mac Office experts are.

I still think this is the best answer for you, but of course that's only my
opinion.

Malke

 

[Gurney]

It seems that more and more college students every year are choosing
MACs versus PCs (40% now and growing fast) and that my daughter is
headed that way. I have a PC, but the evidence seems to be pretty
unequivocal that, if you can afford it, a MAC is just better.

Regarding EXCEL, I assume that MAC users can import and use a file
ctreated on a PC and vice- versa. Can anyone tell me. Every time
we tlak about EXCEL 2002 versus 2003 veruss 2007 and the like, are
there equivalent versions of these on the MAC, too.

Given some of the occaisonally difficuly issiues between 2003 and
2007, it scars me to think about PC versus MAC version issues that
could come up.

Can anyone tell me how easily translatable is EXCEL between MAC and PC
versions?

Thanks!
Dean

Why ask HERE? Do you Excel of OFFICE in this group's title? NO.

Ask elsewhere