I am just trying to alternate the row colors of excel by selecting all cells and then going to autoformat and selecting "List 1." It then takes forever to load and freezes. I have to command + alt +esc to get out of excel. Does anyone know why this is happening?! I have mac excel 2008. Any help please!
Excel freezes when autoformatting! any help please!
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LMeinhardt
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Can you please be more clear on how many rows are we talking about? What is the OS and Excel versions? If what I understood is correct, why are you selecting ALL cells? Just for testing?
thanks for replying!
i am on the Leopard OS and 2008 excel version. I clicked the select all button located on the top left of the spreadsheet and then just followed these instructions on this website:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA011373371033.aspx
i want to have the same format throughout so i selected all the cells, but even if i select a few cells and try the formatting, it still freezes up. im worried about viruses that my mac might have caught or any other defects. =[
i am on the Leopard OS and 2008 excel version. I clicked the select all button located on the top left of the spreadsheet and then just followed these instructions on this website:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA011373371033.aspx
i want to have the same format throughout so i selected all the cells, but even if i select a few cells and try the formatting, it still freezes up. im worried about viruses that my mac might have caught or any other defects. =[
LMeinhardt
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If I do the same thing selecting all cells, I have the same behavior - it simply freeze the Excel, then I have to force kill it. Doing the same in Windows, it works smoothly.
But in the other hand, if I select fewer lines/columns it works perfectly. How many rows/columns are you selecting, so I can try to reproduce it here?
But in the other hand, if I select fewer lines/columns it works perfectly. How many rows/columns are you selecting, so I can try to reproduce it here?
LMeinhardt
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This is a good question for Microsoft and not for me 
I also get disappointed with some features that work perfectly in Windows, but when you tried in the office for MAC it simply won't work. Not 100% compatible with MAC, this is what they should advertise in their boxes. That's the reason I'm slowly moving to 100% of Apple solutions (iLife and iWork).
I also get disappointed with some features that work perfectly in Windows, but when you tried in the office for MAC it simply won't work. Not 100% compatible with MAC, this is what they should advertise in their boxes. That's the reason I'm slowly moving to 100% of Apple solutions (iLife and iWork).