Re: Differences between PC and Mac versions of Excel 2004

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Hi Marty

I'm a long time Pc user and Excel MVP that just recently bought an iBook as
my computer #3. And I must agree, "I can't get anything done on the Mac", my
feelings exactly.

For Excel this is a combination of two things I think. One is that the
desktop manager, Exposé, hijacks a lot of shortcuts. I'm used to press F9
and have my spread*** recalculate. Now I press F9 and my spread*** will
just go away. Neatly animated though.

And worse, keyboard shortcuts in Mac Excel 2004 seem to be a totally
different set of shortcuts than I'm used to. That is awful. Help in the
programs covers what happens, and it may be possible to reprogram one
computer to mimic the other. But as is, I doubt that one can be "bi-lingual"
in an efficient way.

HTH. Best wishes Harald

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> My son uses Excel on a PC at work but uses Excel 2004 for Mac at home.
> He's been having a lot of trouble getting the Mac version to do what he
> normally does with the PC - especially using keyboard commands to avoid
> the mouse. He says so many of these commands don't seem to have
> equivalents on the Mac version.
>
> His comments to me were "I can't get anything done on the Mac - PC
> Excel is much more functional and complete." Most of his work is
> constructing very large financial data models for securities analysis.
> He uses Excel extensively.
>
> Might anyone know of a book or some online source doing a fairly
> complete comparison of Excel 2004 Mac and current PC version - what's
> the same and what's different - or just missing from on or the other
> verions?
>
> And help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> MartyP
>


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