im hoping this gets fixed before final. also missing are all the shortcuts to specify actions on the ribbon. for example pressing Alt H doesn't bring up the home ribbon. This means you also can't use shortcuts from windows excel that let you do key sequences (like Alt -e-s-f). Considering how hard theyre trying to bring a similar windows experience to mac this would be a huge thing to overlook since it adds alot to productivity.
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im hoping this gets fixed before final. also missing are all the shortcuts to specify actions on the ribbon. for example pressing Alt H doesn't bring up the home ribbon. This means you also can't use shortcuts from windows excel that let you do key sequences (like Alt -e-s-f). Considering how hard theyre trying to bring a similar windows experience to mac this would be a huge thing to overlook since it adds alot to productivity.
Yes, it is really very slow. It cannot be compared to the speed of Office 2013 for Windows running in the same machine.
It's actually super fast for me!! I actually think faster than excel 2013 for windows running in parallels. Yes not a good comparison I know...but still I haven't noticed any slowness from the app. It's very easy on the cpu...my temperature is around 50 degree c while using excel.
The app itself is not slow or light. What might make it seem slow is the animation. Those are definitely slow....and comparable to excel on windows. with excel 2013 for windows Ms introduced these "trailing" animations. Which makes scrolling very slow. once I disable these in windows my excel became fast and efficient again. Hoping the Mac version allows for these animations to be disabled too.
Overall I'm actually happy with how light the app seems - minus the animations.
P.s using a 2010 MacBook pro with 8gb ram and ssd. Maybe the ssd makes a huge difference for me.
OldMacUser
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Office:2016 Word mail-merge function is broken
Or rather, the ability to read an Excel file with the source data is ...
Opening a mail-merge document will result in an error that says it cannot find the source file.
Clicking on Find File.. and then selecting the file results in a loop with the same dialog box displayed, and you can go on ad infitum this way.
Clicking on Options.. gives additional .. err options .. and you can choose to Remove Source, Remove All or Cancel.
Selecting Remove source will unlink the source file but retain the merge fields in the mail-merge document, and the document will open.
However, any attempt to re-link the source document after that results in a different error message that says "The converter necessary to open this file cannot be found."
At this point one might be tempted to swing back to the Office:2011 version of Word, but THE SAME ISSUE will persist. However, there is a fix - kill the process called Open XML for Excel in Activity Monitor - and mail-merge in Word:2011 will work again.
Weirdly enough, there actually is an older version of Open XML for Excel in the Office:2011 folder, but that doesn't seem to be invoked for Word:2011 (I renamed the file, and mail-merge still functions).
Creating a new mail-merge document and linking a completely new Excel source document in Word:2016 results in the same issue - "converter not found" error.
Or rather, the ability to read an Excel file with the source data is ...
Opening a mail-merge document will result in an error that says it cannot find the source file.
Clicking on Find File.. and then selecting the file results in a loop with the same dialog box displayed, and you can go on ad infitum this way.
Clicking on Options.. gives additional .. err options .. and you can choose to Remove Source, Remove All or Cancel.
Selecting Remove source will unlink the source file but retain the merge fields in the mail-merge document, and the document will open.
However, any attempt to re-link the source document after that results in a different error message that says "The converter necessary to open this file cannot be found."
At this point one might be tempted to swing back to the Office:2011 version of Word, but THE SAME ISSUE will persist. However, there is a fix - kill the process called Open XML for Excel in Activity Monitor - and mail-merge in Word:2011 will work again.
Weirdly enough, there actually is an older version of Open XML for Excel in the Office:2011 folder, but that doesn't seem to be invoked for Word:2011 (I renamed the file, and mail-merge still functions).
Creating a new mail-merge document and linking a completely new Excel source document in Word:2016 results in the same issue - "converter not found" error.
Yeah, I'm experiencing the same thing....
It's so slow, I hope it get's better with the next beta updates 🙁
No Inertial Scrolling
Anyone notice that there is no inertial scrolling (i.e. smooth scrolling) in Word 2016? Instead, it feels as if it's scrolling line-by-line, mechanically with zero visual effects.
Anyone notice that there is no inertial scrolling (i.e. smooth scrolling) in Word 2016? Instead, it feels as if it's scrolling line-by-line, mechanically with zero visual effects.
grahamperrin
macrumors 601
Hmm
Not upset. My affinity with Microsoft Office was lost some time ago. When I use (for example) LibreOffice, I simply don't think about the Microsoft alternatives.
I responded to Microsoft's tweet. Also, The Office 2016 Mac Preview is here! Office Blogs (2015-03-05) amongst the comments from me,
Yes, on Mavericks. As expected, the application icons had the 'no entry' appearance.
Amongst the reasons: I guess, an opportunity to cram stuff into previously unused space would have been irresistible to some Microsoft people.
At a glance: some interface elements that were traditionally in toolbars and/or ribbons are now, instead, in the Yosemite-style title bar by default. That creates unused space in the ribbon, but the saving is horizontal only a somewhat strange design choice, given the popularity of widescreen displays.
Really, this Office is not properly 'for Mac'.
To redesign this Microsoft Office for compatibility, with Macs that run anything other than Yosemite, would require using something other than the title bar for Microsoft's undo and redo buttons, and so on. The ribbon could be ideal; there's unused space in Microsoft's screenshots.
Some of this is change for the sake of change, Yosemite style. But if Microsoft had created a more compatible preview, with apps that use title bars in the traditional way, then some users would have screamed about a lack of modernity. Nice going, Apple.
Apple could have modernised the appearance of OS X without the contentious changes to the title bar. Instead, now we have situations such as this. Microsoft and Yosemite lovers, enjoy
Not upset. My affinity with Microsoft Office was lost some time ago. When I use (for example) LibreOffice, I simply don't think about the Microsoft alternatives.
I responded to Microsoft's tweet. Also, The Office 2016 Mac Preview is here! Office Blogs (2015-03-05) amongst the comments from me,
"
no mention of OpenDocument or ODF at http://products.office.com/en-GB/mac/mac-preview#faq
"
Yes, on Mavericks. As expected, the application icons had the 'no entry' appearance.
Amongst the reasons: I guess, an opportunity to cram stuff into previously unused space would have been irresistible to some Microsoft people.
At a glance: some interface elements that were traditionally in toolbars and/or ribbons are now, instead, in the Yosemite-style title bar by default. That creates unused space in the ribbon, but the saving is horizontal only a somewhat strange design choice, given the popularity of widescreen displays.
Really, this Office is not properly 'for Mac'.
To redesign this Microsoft Office for compatibility, with Macs that run anything other than Yosemite, would require using something other than the title bar for Microsoft's undo and redo buttons, and so on. The ribbon could be ideal; there's unused space in Microsoft's screenshots.
Some of this is change for the sake of change, Yosemite style. But if Microsoft had created a more compatible preview, with apps that use title bars in the traditional way, then some users would have screamed about a lack of modernity. Nice going, Apple.
Apple could have modernised the appearance of OS X without the contentious changes to the title bar. Instead, now we have situations such as this. Microsoft and Yosemite lovers, enjoy
This preview is really frustrating. It looks to have great potential, but there is extreme lag when dragging/selecting cells. Also, Excel has a complete meltdown when I try and Freeze Panes. After I do so, I can select nothing on screen.
I think the issue is lag between touchpad input and what appears on the screen. Another example, in Excel I'll select cells to copy, then drag; nothing appears on screen, then 4 seconds later I've copied down to row 10,000.
I think the issue is lag between touchpad input and what appears on the screen. Another example, in Excel I'll select cells to copy, then drag; nothing appears on screen, then 4 seconds later I've copied down to row 10,000.
dusk007
macrumors 68040
Well the performance is horrific but at least now it looks like the program comes from the same company. Office for Mac until now always looked like they outsourced making that app to some random company and gave them some basic guidelines. Not wanting to bother with it themselves. Even compatibility had issues. Now it looks the same. Hopefully that is not just the looks.
emir
macrumors 6502a
I use Excel a lot for work. So I was very excited to try out the Preview when it first came out and thought I'd do my "not so crucial" work there but it is so painstakingly slow as everyone else has mentioned.
I don't find myself comfortable using VBA and macros and the performance, again, is terrible.
Do you think this too will be like an iOS Beta as in we'll get updates to Beta 2-3 and so forth? If not and this is the thing till the official release it doesn't make much of a sense since we're at the good side of 5 months away from a release.
p.s. Anyone else getting the Command + anything not working at paste special screen? For example Cmd + T is "Formats" at Paste Special window but now pressing Cmd + T just "bings" as in "you just did something wrong" bing.
I don't find myself comfortable using VBA and macros and the performance, again, is terrible.
Do you think this too will be like an iOS Beta as in we'll get updates to Beta 2-3 and so forth? If not and this is the thing till the official release it doesn't make much of a sense since we're at the good side of 5 months away from a release.
p.s. Anyone else getting the Command + anything not working at paste special screen? For example Cmd + T is "Formats" at Paste Special window but now pressing Cmd + T just "bings" as in "you just did something wrong" bing.
cjmillsnun
macrumors 68020
newellj
macrumors G3
dinepada
macrumors regular
That's sad 🙁 what if I don't Like flatter interface and I use Mavericks... Microsoft pls...
How do you check for this update? Nothing is popping up for me. How do you start the Microsoft auto update program? I've tried to search in spotlight but haven't found the Microsoft update app.
grahamperrin
macrumors 601
How do you find out what is new? Is there a page somewhere with listings in these updates?
there also was a new auto-update checker that came first.
there also was a new auto-update checker that came first.
It gave a description on AutoUpdate before you click install. I didn't read the one for Outlook but the Excel update just said that it fixed an issue with mouses becoming unresponsive. Looks like no big new features today.