Mac Forum / Applications / Excel / April 2008

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I get automated reports with dates include. On my PC, the dates show-up correctly. On my iMac 24 the dates are well into the future. For example, 4/15/2008 shows-up as 4/15/2012.

I have a large Excel I use for tracking hours and costs by month
across multiple accounts.  I have used the same format for a number of
years so the file I have for 08 is the same as 07's, 06's, etc.
I have suddenly had a problem occur that is giving me massive

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Excel 2008 is giving me fits. All changes I make to Preferences... are not saved, and I have tried to save a template to change the default view to 125%, and that does not work either.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I am having some trouble with a chart in Excel 2008. I need to create a chart that compares two series. Excel seems to be adding the second series to the first series?

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Hello, I have an invoice template set up in Excel that has 15 lines available for entering the details of the invoice. Each line, includes quantity, description, unit price and line total. The lines of ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I unchecked Show page breaks in Preferences...View, and in Normal view they went away. But when I switch between Normal and Page Layout views, the page breaks reappear. Any other setting to look at that would ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Hi folks,
Is there any way to merge two separate excel documents into one another? I need a column of information from one original document and the rest of my information from columns in another document. Is it possible to do ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I want my database to end up in WORD as a list (not labels, not envelopes, not letters - don't know what a catalog is). I can't seem to find how to do this. The various "Add*" fields I'm trying don't seem to ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Is there anyway of stopping Excel 2008 from automatically opening a new blank workbook every single time I flick into it from other software packages . . . it is so infuriating because nine times out of ten I ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
On other excel progams, I've been able to see and correct or add on from where I was typing, but on this one, I cannot see where it is typing. This probably doesn't make sense. This is usually found above, on the top of the ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Hi,

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I am trying to sort a column (which I have done zillions of times) and suddenly I'm getting the message "This operation requires the merged cells to be identically sized". I have copied cells from one sheet to ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
I've recently upgraded to 2008 from 2004 running on either a dual processor 2 GHz G5 or single processor (laptop) 1.5 GHz G4.

I am having issues using the Excel spreadsheet as when I copy and paste dates
from one excel spreadsheet into another (in order to update the old
information) it changes the dates dramatically. For example, I may be
copy/pasting the date 4/06/2006, but Excel automatically changes ...

If you find the removal of VBA is causing problems for you, please let
Microsoft know! Under the Help menu in Word or Excel, select Send Feedback
to Microsoft, and tell them you want VBA back in Office 2008!