Bug Submission: Microsoft Office for Mac (All Versions) VB Bug

[Bitspeed]

Howdy,

I am posting this bug here with hopes of a fix.

The bug is present in all versions of Microsoft Office for Mac.

If the User's Home directory is located *anywhere* else other than the
same drive that Office is launched from, certain VB functions will not
work.

Scenario: User is managed by Apple's Workgroup Manager. Their home
directory is on a remote server. User successfully launches Microsoft
Excel. Application functions normally EXCEPT for recording macros or
using data analysis add ins.

Problem:

VB configuration is hard coded to local drive (specifically the
"Library" directory on local drive, probably to write temp files to),
probably in prefs.

Solution:

Provide update to Office that modernizes VB code to allow remote home
directories.

Thanks.


-Cheers

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi

That's an interesting observation.

Although posting the information here in the newsgroup will certainly help
others in the same situation, please take a moment to let Microsoft know
about the problem. No one from Microsoft will necessarily see your posting
here in the public newsgroup. You can send this information directly to
Microsoft by using the Feedback option on any Office help menu. All messages
sent via the feedback option are read and recorded in Microsoft's tracking
database.

Now would be an especially good time to send the feedback to Microsoft as
they are working on the next version of Office.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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