Guest deanalt@aol.com Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 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
Guest Malke Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: EXCEL for MAC - DA deanalt@aol.com wrote: > 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 -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest DL Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: EXCEL for MAC - DA 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@aol.com> wrote in message news:1e5a2733-0e8a-4ee9-92fa-d622a2bea3d2@f1g2000prb.googlegroups.com... > 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
Guest deanalt@aol.com Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: EXCEL for MAC - DA 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
Guest deanalt@aol.com Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: EXCEL for MAC - DA 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
Guest Malke Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: EXCEL for MAC - DA deanalt@aol.com wrote: > 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 -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Gurney Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: EXCEL for MAC - DA On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:34:36 -0700 (PDT), deanalt@aol.com wrote: >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
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