EXCEL for MAC - DA

[Guest deanalt@aol.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 Malke]

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

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[Guest DL]

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

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> 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]

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]

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]

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

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[Guest Gurney]

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

 

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