but numbers is a child compared to any version of excel for Mac - even it is really pretty to work with for number driven presentation graphics and tables.
If Apple's Numbers spreadsheet could load the fancy windows based macro heavy spreadsheets with ease, would be workable. pretty much makes it so professionals can't use apple machines unless they run VMware fusion or parallels, which to my recollection, requires it's own installation of office - so sometimes you have to work in OSX and othertimes in Windows on your Mac?!
I have been praying for a new version of MS Office since 2011 when Microsoft nerfed VB in excel, just spent 3 days downloading updates (including OSX so I could actually upgrade office), and then the latest patch for office 2016 and same old issue. Quite a few retailers still have stock, just Google for it. If you don't have a link there, I'm afraid you'll have to buy a copy of Office 2011. If there is no link, it's because MS is tracking whether you actually had 2011 installed through Office 365 previously. Office 2016 will be uninstalled and 2011 reinstalled.
Note that there are some differences in ribbon support in Office 2016 for Mac and Office for Windows. Office 2016 for Mac supports ribbon customization using Ribbon XML. IFDEF between different Mac Office versions at compile time. Request a user's permission to access multiple files at once.Ĭall external AppleScript scripts from VB. The following VBA commands are new and unique to Office 2016 for Mac. Creating an installer or putting user contentįor instructions on creating an installer for your add-in, please refer to the article here: Installing User Content in Office 2016 for Mac New VBA commands for Office 2016 for Mac You can minimize the effects of sandboxing by using the new commands described in the following section. This affects any add-ins or macros that involve file access or communication across processes. Sandboxing restricts the apps from accessing resources outside the app container.
Unlike other versions of Office apps that support VBA, Office 2016 for Mac apps are sandboxed. Outlook for Mac and OneNote for Mac don't support VBA.