Workbook contains content that is not supported by Excel 2008

[wagner_scatolin]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Hi,

I received a message when reading a workbook created on Excel 2007: This workbook contains content that is not supported by Excel 2008 for Mac.

- more than two data filter criteria
- more than two sorting criteria
- unsupported PivoTable report styles

The worse thing is I can open as read-only workbook and If I change something and save my work, the unsupported content will not be saved!

Someone knows how to handle this issue? Microsoft will fix it in Office 2011?

Thanks for any help

Wagner

 

[CyberTaz]

Sorry, Wagner;

Nobody here has any more idea than you do of what will arrive in Mac Office
2011... Or at least if they do they are under strict NDA to not divulge or
discuss any information not officially released by Microsoft. It is
generally expected that feature parity will be greatly improved, but in what
ways or to what extent not only isn't known, but is subject to change before
the product is actually released.

There's no question that the Office 2007/2010 apps include numerous features
not supported in Office 2008, but I'm afraid there is no way to "handle"
that other than to accept the reality of it & work accordingly. Any files
destined for a platform/version other than that in which they are created
need to be designed with those differences in mind.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor:
Intel Hi,

I received a message when reading a workbook created on Excel 2007: This
workbook contains content that is not supported by Excel 2008 for Mac.

- more than two data filter criteria
- more than two sorting criteria
- unsupported PivoTable report styles

The worse thing is I can open as read-only workbook and If I change
something and save my work, the unsupported content will not be saved!

Someone knows how to handle this issue? Microsoft will fix it in Office
2011?

Thanks for any help

Wagner

I am not sure what your question is. The Mac functionality is different
from the windows functionality is several areas. When you open a Windows
file on the mac containing stuff the Mac does not understand you get
that message. Since the Mac does not "understand" it, it can not save
the changes. To find out if it will be different in Office 2011, keep
watching Mactopia for feature announcements.

 

[wagner_scatolin]

Thanks Bob, I work for a company (as a consultant) where everybody has Office 2007 but me.

I hope Microsoft eliminates the gap between Mac and PC soon otherwise I will need to install Windows and Office 2007, which is not that I wanted.

 

[CyberTaz]

I doubt that you'll ever see the gap 'eliminated' -- at least not until the
Mac market closely rivals the Windows market. There are too many differences
in the respective Mac/PC operating environments. Not to mention that the
Windows market constitutes ~80% [my arbitrary number - it's probably higher]
of Microsoft's business. Consequently the Win Office group gets the lion's
share of the development budget. MacBU is a self-supporting entity within
the corporate structure, so they have neither the budget nor the manpower to
'reproduce' the same product. It isn't just a matter of slapping a different
label on boxes containing the identical software.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

It should be The only difference in code should be the GUI for each
Platform. would save money in the long run if they did. if MS would get
away from that stupid DOS mentality and go to UNIX which is a far better
system Then all they would need to do is just change the GUI according
to the Platform. Despite years and the Layers of windows deep down MS
Operating system are still x86 based.

I doubt that you'll ever see the gap 'eliminated' -- at least not until the
Mac market closely rivals the Windows market. There are too many differences
in the respective Mac/PC operating environments. Not to mention that the
Windows market constitutes ~80% [my arbitrary number - it's probably higher]
of Microsoft's business. Consequently the Win Office group gets the lion's
share of the development budget. MacBU is a self-supporting entity within
the corporate structure, so they have neither the budget nor the manpower to
'reproduce' the same product. It isn't just a matter of slapping a different
label on boxes containing the identical software.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks Bob, I work for a company (as a consultant) where everybody has Office
2007 but me.

I hope Microsoft eliminates the gap between Mac and PC soon otherwise I will
need to install Windows and Office 2007, which is not that I wanted.

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

Well, I think you will find the gap is a lot smaller in Office 2011 for Mac

Thanks Bob, I work for a company (as a consultant) where everybody has Office
2007 but me.

I hope Microsoft eliminates the gap between Mac and PC soon otherwise I will
need to install Windows and Office 2007, which is not that I wanted.

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

Hi Phillip:

Really it is time you took a look around you! It's fine to be a hopelessly
one-eyed fanbois, but to do so, you need to be right up-to-date. Being ten
years behind the times does nothing for one's street-cred

DOS will not run on current Microsoft Operating Systems. Yes, Unix is a far
larger system than DOS. Unix is a development from DOS. And DEC VMS was a
development from Unix. And Windows was a development from VMS. Can you see
where this is going?

Quit throwing stones, you're living in a glass house

If the same code WERE to run on both platforms, the cost would be more than
double. Is that what you really want?

In a GUI application, around 80 per cent of the "work" is done by the
operating system. So unless you want to replicate the whole of Windows into
Excel, I am afraid you are going to have to accept that there will be some
differences...

Repeating the same old disinformation time after time and hoping someone
will believe it doesn't even work in Washington, these days!

Cheers

It should be The only difference in code should be the GUI for each
Platform. would save money in the long run if they did. if MS would get
away from that stupid DOS mentality and go to UNIX which is a far better
system Then all they would need to do is just change the GUI according
to the Platform. Despite years and the Layers of windows deep down MS
Operating system are still x86 based.

I doubt that you'll ever see the gap 'eliminated' -- at least not until the
Mac market closely rivals the Windows market. There are too many differences
in the respective Mac/PC operating environments. Not to mention that the
Windows market constitutes ~80% [my arbitrary number - it's probably higher]
of Microsoft's business. Consequently the Win Office group gets the lion's
share of the development budget. MacBU is a self-supporting entity within
the corporate structure, so they have neither the budget nor the manpower to
'reproduce' the same product. It isn't just a matter of slapping a different
label on boxes containing the identical software.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks Bob, I work for a company (as a consultant) where everybody has
Office
2007 but me.

I hope Microsoft eliminates the gap between Mac and PC soon otherwise I will
need to install Windows and Office 2007, which is not that I wanted.

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]