Excel 2008 for Mac flaws and problems
Microsoft obviously doesn’t like the Mac platform. In Excel 2008, there are some really terrible functionality-cuts that will disturb every professional Excel user. And will force you to use Office 2004 or the PC version with a virtual PC (Parallels in my case).
I’ll collect here my findings of the serious problems I’ve found, bit by bit.
Switching Between Displaying Cell Value and Formula
Today I struggled hard because in Excel 2008 there is no easy way to switch between the value and formula display mode. You’ll have to go to Excel preferences and change it under the ‘View’ tab each time. And if you want to change it back, you’ll go there again. Very uncomfortable, if you want to switch between formula and value displays quickly.
Using Pivot tables is also quite disturbing and it’s easy to get lost. More about it next time.
