Office 2004 will lack XML support with Office 2003 - Page 2

GroundZeroX · #9 January 23rd, 2004, 10:08 AM

This is not a matter of WinOffice being superior to MacOffice or anything like that. I wanted to bring this to peoples attention, so we can all send stuff into the feedback page of Microsoft. I feel Office 2004 is going to be a great upgrade, but we also need compatibility.

This is about compatibility, not which product is superior.

nolaG4 · #10 January 23rd, 2004, 10:13 AM

excel for mac is terrible, i can't stand it. its the one app that i use on a consistent basis for school (i'm a business major), and it's so much easier to use for windows than it is for mac.

some problems i have with it:

F2 is the "edit active cell" key in windows, now it's control-U. totally different, and much more cumbersome. (and no, you can't change it, i've tried, and talked to MS tech support)

the formula inputs do not appear in the cell as you are typing it in, so you either have to memorize the order of the inputs, or go to insert>function, also a cumbersome procedure.

i also can't just copy and paste tables into excel from HTML tables like you can on windows - the easiest way of getting a table into excel on the mac is getting the source code and copying and pasting that.

basically, its just not as user-friendly in the mac version as it is in the windows version.........

edit: i apologize if this is the wrong thread to complain about excel for mac, it just pisses me off......

GroundZeroX · #11 January 23rd, 2004, 10:59 AM

I'm a business major too, and have never had a problem with Excel. I may be wrong, but I think I have pasted tables from HTML tables into Excel.

But, this isn't the right topic for this.

This has to do about XML compatibility being missing.

uoba · #12 January 23rd, 2004, 12:31 PM

And my point is: How can a company/corporation seriously consider Mac Office when it won't support XML, and the Windows version is out there flying with it?

jhawk28 · #13 January 23rd, 2004, 12:39 PM

Because their is nothing comparable?

Satcomer · #14 January 23rd, 2004, 01:23 PM

I left feedback also. This is unacceptable! Why should I upgrade then?

GroundZeroX · #15 January 23rd, 2004, 03:42 PM

Satcomer, thanks, I think it is outrageous. We need XML support for compatibility reasons. I probably won't ever use the features that XML brings, but the compatibility is ncessary for work.

mindbend · #16 January 23rd, 2004, 05:08 PM

I'm not sure I see the big problem. What is so special about XML that is going to be a problem for the typical Mac office user?

I'm just thinking in my situation in particular. Small office. Few Macs. Few PCs. We use Office on both. Never use anything XML-ish in Office. We just do spreadsheets, PowerPoints and Word files and send them back and forth to each other and to clients. So, in my situation, do I really care about the XML thing?