Comments for Schwieb http://www.schwieb.com/blog Random blatherings Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:10:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Saying hello (again) to Visual Basic by L. Crowe http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/saying-hello-again-to-visual-basic/#comment-35619 L. Crowe Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:09:27 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=70#comment-35619 I write a lot of Macros via Word 2003 and Visual Basic on an XP machine, which are then used by numerous staff members multiple times a day. Worries about macros being potentially broken by changes in any given OS/Office upgrades (be it in Vista or Mac OSX) certainly slow down company's ability to bring in new machines and roll out new upgrades -- too much testing is needed first, too many little compatibility worries . . . Dropping Visual Basic from Mac Office 2008 just makes things worse. So I'm glad to hear that VB will be coming back in the future -- I'll likely buy Mac Office at least for myself at that time. Until then, I'll stick with older versions of Office or will make sure to the Windows versions via Parallels on my Mac. . . Many thanks for working on this! I write a lot of Macros via Word 2003 and Visual Basic on an XP machine, which are then used by numerous staff members multiple times a day. Worries about macros being potentially broken by changes in any given OS/Office upgrades (be it in Vista or Mac OSX) certainly slow down company’s ability to bring in new machines and roll out new upgrades — too much testing is needed first, too many little compatibility worries . . . Dropping Visual Basic from Mac Office 2008 just makes things worse. So I’m glad to hear that VB will be coming back in the future — I’ll likely buy Mac Office at least for myself at that time. Until then, I’ll stick with older versions of Office or will make sure to the Windows versions via Parallels on my Mac. . . Many thanks for working on this!

]]> Comment on Spring Cleaning by Michael http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/22/spring-cleaning/#comment-35585 Michael Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:15:20 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=73#comment-35585 Boris, This entire post is focused on "Spring cleaning." You seem to want to complain about an alcoholic going to Alcoholics Anonymous. As for the Tiger statement, I believe you mis-inferred Schwieb's meaning. My understanding of what he's saying is that Office (as a product) is still backwards-compatible with Tiger. That means that they can't use Leopard-only calls that wouldn't exist on a Mac running Tiger, or Office wouldn't work (since the code libraries from Leopard don't exist). Sheesh, Boris, way to think critically. ;P Boris,

This entire post is focused on “Spring cleaning.” You seem to want to complain about an alcoholic going to Alcoholics Anonymous.

As for the Tiger statement, I believe you mis-inferred Schwieb’s meaning. My understanding of what he’s saying is that Office (as a product) is still backwards-compatible with Tiger. That means that they can’t use Leopard-only calls that wouldn’t exist on a Mac running Tiger, or Office wouldn’t work (since the code libraries from Leopard don’t exist).

Sheesh, Boris, way to think critically. ;P

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Jake http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35505 Jake Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:28:23 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35505 Nice update. Seriously, WTF. Nice update. Seriously, WTF.

]]> Comment on Spring Cleaning by Boris Karloff http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/22/spring-cleaning/#comment-35471 Boris Karloff Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:22:01 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=73#comment-35471 Hmmm.... lots of cruft/crud/crapoola/grunge/rubbish... seems to be one of the defining features of Microsoft code... And what is this about Office only up to running on Tiger - that software is now well out of date- how about you guys get with the program and catch up with Leopard (you should be just about there when Jobs announces the name for Mac OS 10.7)... Always a day late and a dollar short.... sigh..... Hmmm…. lots of cruft/crud/crapoola/grunge/rubbish… seems to be one of the defining features of Microsoft code…

And what is this about Office only up to running on Tiger - that software is now well out of date- how about you guys get with the program and catch up with Leopard (you should be just about there when Jobs announces the name for Mac OS 10.7)…

Always a day late and a dollar short…. sigh…..

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Kris http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35426 Kris Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:36:15 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35426 I'm having similar issues within PowerPoint; I think I've narrowed it down to a problem with justified text. When you justify it, it actually seems to right justify (although not completely), and leave the text ragged on the left side. Same issues happening with opening Word documents as well. I’m having similar issues within PowerPoint; I think I’ve narrowed it down to a problem with justified text. When you justify it, it actually seems to right justify (although not completely), and leave the text ragged on the left side.

Same issues happening with opening Word documents as well.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Tom http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35349 Tom Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:45:59 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35349 Is there any official timeframe set for when you are going to fix the bug introduced by SP1 where you can no longer double click on a Word 2004 document and have it open? I find it hard to believe that someone actually made a conscious decision to add this change to SP1. Do you only test with new word docs? Tom Is there any official timeframe set for when you are going to fix the bug introduced by SP1 where you can no longer double click on a Word 2004 document and have it open?

I find it hard to believe that someone actually made a conscious decision to add this change to SP1. Do you only test with new word docs?

Tom

]]> Comment on Saying hello (again) to Visual Basic by SP1 für MS Office 2008 Mac erschienen at NETWAYS Blog http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/saying-hello-again-to-visual-basic/#comment-35343 SP1 für MS Office 2008 Mac erschienen at NETWAYS Blog Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:02:08 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=70#comment-35343 [...] es in Office 2008 nachzurüsten. Es gibt dazu eine offizielle Pressemeldung und einen Blogpost, der die Hintergründe [...] [...] es in Office 2008 nachzurüsten. Es gibt dazu eine offizielle Pressemeldung und einen Blogpost, der die Hintergründe [...]

]]> Comment on Saying goodbye to Visual Basic by Mike http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/08/saying-goodbye-to-visual-basic/#comment-35328 Mike Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:52:49 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/08/saying-goodbye-to-visual-basic/#comment-35328 You're joking right? You don't know anything about your only real competitor Open Office? If that's true then you're incompetent. If it is not then you're a liar. You're definitely lying about it 'not supporting the newer xml formats'. It already supports the only ISO standard XML format - ODF. You’re joking right? You don’t know anything about your only real competitor Open Office? If that’s true then you’re incompetent. If it is not then you’re a liar.

You’re definitely lying about it ‘not supporting the newer xml formats’. It already supports the only ISO standard XML format - ODF.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Joseph http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35274 Joseph Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:07:41 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35274 It seems that what's needed are more updates, with fewer things affected in each update. That way when you make changes and people who have been reporting problems with spaces report the problems have gotten worse, not better, you have a smaller haystack for what things to fix. Fortunately, known bugs aside, I have managed to get SP1 to more or less work. The final solution for me was to uninstall Office 2008 and 2004, blow away anything that remained and looked like Microsoft installed it, and then install 2008 from CD, then update it without ever actually running anything. I figure this time next year, Office 2008 will be reasonably stable. Of course, by then I may not care. I already use Keynote and have found Numbers adequate for what little spreadsheet needs I have. Pages is not yet able to serve my needs, though, particularly since my needs include the ability to work in .doc format (not .docx and not import/export..) It seems that what’s needed are more updates, with fewer things affected in each update.

That way when you make changes and people who have been reporting problems with spaces report the problems have gotten worse, not better, you have a smaller haystack for what things to fix.

Fortunately, known bugs aside, I have managed to get SP1 to more or less work. The final solution for me was to uninstall Office 2008 and 2004, blow away anything that remained and looked like Microsoft installed it, and then install 2008 from CD, then update it without ever actually running anything.

I figure this time next year, Office 2008 will be reasonably stable. Of course, by then I may not care. I already use Keynote and have found Numbers adequate for what little spreadsheet needs I have. Pages is not yet able to serve my needs, though, particularly since my needs include the ability to work in .doc format (not .docx and not import/export..)

]]> Comment on Fix for endless Setup Assistant problems by Brrryc3 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/14/fix-for-endless-setup-assistant-problems/#comment-35245 Brrryc3 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:01:25 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=72#comment-35245 Wait a minute…Wikipedia says that the installer fails to work sometimes. It also says that old Mac OS Type codes aren't supported as of SP1. We still have a lot of cleaning up to do, don't we? Wait a minute…Wikipedia says that the installer fails to work sometimes. It also says that old Mac OS Type codes aren’t supported as of SP1. We still have a lot of cleaning up to do, don’t we?

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by John W. http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35222 John W. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:51:00 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35222 Keep getting this even with a unified communications certificate: Unable to Establish a secure connection to exchangeold.xxx.xxx because the server name or IP address does not match the name or IP address on the server's certificate. Keep getting this even with a unified communications certificate:

Unable to Establish a secure connection to exchangeold.xxx.xxx because the
server name or IP address does not match the name or IP address on the
server’s certificate.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Done with MS http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35168 Done with MS Thu, 29 May 2008 20:23:40 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35168 Well, your update, SP1 has rendered my system unable to open any previously existing word documents. I tried uninstalled and reinstalling but that did not work. I have had a ticket open with microsoft support. The answer they gave me was that I should email all my existing word documents to myself, then use the new copies. Patently ridiculous. I would suggest to all users of MS office to instead try open office or Iworks. Well, your update, SP1 has rendered my system unable to open any previously existing word documents. I tried uninstalled and reinstalling but that did not work. I have had a ticket open with microsoft support. The answer they gave me was that I should email all my existing word documents to myself, then use the new copies. Patently ridiculous. I would suggest to all users of MS office to instead try open office or Iworks.

]]> Comment on News of the Day by Jay http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/07/news-of-the-day/#comment-35159 Jay Thu, 29 May 2008 04:39:24 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/07/news-of-the-day/#comment-35159 Im late, but good share Im late, but good share

]]> Comment on Saying goodbye to Visual Basic by Jay http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/08/saying-goodbye-to-visual-basic/#comment-35158 Jay Thu, 29 May 2008 04:37:03 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/08/saying-goodbye-to-visual-basic/#comment-35158 Apple can get PowerPC code to run seamlessly on Intel chips Apple can get PowerPC code to run seamlessly on Intel chips

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Moose Haas http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35152 Moose Haas Wed, 28 May 2008 18:19:01 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35152 I have the same issue with Powerpoint as Anonymous reported with the text wrapping putting in a space on subsequent lines. How did they manage to break something as specific as that? Complete lack of testing? I have the same issue with Powerpoint as Anonymous reported with the text wrapping putting in a space on subsequent lines.

How did they manage to break something as specific as that? Complete lack of testing?

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Angus http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35147 Angus Wed, 28 May 2008 12:54:37 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35147 Cant open downloaded .doc files anymore since installing SP1. mariner write can open them so its SP1's problem. angus Cant open downloaded .doc files anymore since installing SP1.

mariner write can open them so its SP1’s problem.

angus

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Bernhard http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35137 Bernhard Tue, 27 May 2008 22:20:02 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35137 I was happy to hear from SP1. I am strongly depending on a perfectly working Office for my work and hence I did the update (German language) to benefit from the improvements. However, I am facing now problems with PowerPoint, I never experienced before. When I open PowerPoint documents from before (Mac Office documents or Windows documents) the second and following lines of sentences are moved slightly to the right, and there are also some other strange effects with the position of the text. When opening the same documents with Mac Office 2008 (without SP1 on another computer) everything is fine again. What should I do about that? Will that be fixed soon? Best regards, Bernhard I was happy to hear from SP1. I am strongly depending on a perfectly working Office for my work and hence I did the update (German language) to benefit from the improvements. However, I am facing now problems with PowerPoint, I never experienced before.
When I open PowerPoint documents from before (Mac Office documents or Windows documents) the second and following lines of sentences are moved slightly to the right, and there are also some other strange effects with the position of the text.
When opening the same documents with Mac Office 2008 (without SP1 on another computer) everything is fine again.
What should I do about that? Will that be fixed soon?

Best regards,
Bernhard

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Caleb http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35134 Caleb Tue, 27 May 2008 18:01:26 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35134 To sum it up either there are 1 of 2 problems: A) After the SP1 update, Office assistant consistently nags you to 'participate' in quality control while you are trying to open Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Entourage. Regardless of your answer, it ends with the Check for Updates window and your program fails to load. - OR - B) After numerous uninstalls and re-installs of Office 2008 and removing officePID and the settings file (as said on one troubleshooting website) now I no longer get setup assistant. Instead, applications bounce in the dock once, then fail to launch. Or they bounce a couple of times then prompts to restart. I am unable to reinstall office 2008 without being forced to apply the SP1 patch. utter crap. To sum it up either there are 1 of 2 problems:

A) After the SP1 update, Office assistant consistently nags you to ‘participate’ in quality control while you are trying to open Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Entourage. Regardless of your answer, it ends with the Check for Updates window and your program fails to load.

- OR -

B) After numerous uninstalls and re-installs of Office 2008 and removing officePID and the settings file (as said on one troubleshooting website) now I no longer get setup assistant. Instead, applications bounce in the dock once, then fail to launch. Or they bounce a couple of times then prompts to restart.

I am unable to reinstall office 2008 without being forced to apply the SP1 patch. utter crap.

]]> Comment on Spring Cleaning by Brrryc3 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/22/spring-cleaning/#comment-35118 Brrryc3 Mon, 26 May 2008 17:05:34 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=73#comment-35118 When I said "i Mac" I meant "iMac." When I said “i Mac” I meant “iMac.”

]]> Comment on Saying hello (again) to Visual Basic by Back to Basic (Visual Basic) | alexmak.net http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/saying-hello-again-to-visual-basic/#comment-35112 Back to Basic (Visual Basic) | alexmak.net Mon, 26 May 2008 06:03:59 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=70#comment-35112 [...] ????? ?? ??????? Office ??? ????????? ???. ? ?????????, ???????????? ????????, ??? ????????? Visual Basic ???????? ? ???? ?? ????????? [...] [...] ????? ?? ??????? Office ??? ????????? ???. ? ?????????, ???????????? ????????, ??? ????????? Visual Basic ???????? ? ???? ?? ????????? [...]

]]> Comment on Spring Cleaning by Brrryc3 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/22/spring-cleaning/#comment-35108 Brrryc3 Mon, 26 May 2008 01:27:50 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=73#comment-35108 Man, it seems like we have to say, "Good grief!" every once in a while, don't we. Anyway, Schwieb, I haven't looked at any of the other posts except the one before this to see if there were any comments on my post. I'm just warning you not to try to e-mail me…I have a Managed account on the family i Mac, and it's running Leopard. Man, it seems like we have to say, “Good grief!” every once in a while, don’t we. Anyway, Schwieb, I haven’t looked at any of the other posts except the one before this to see if there were any comments on my post. I’m just warning you not to try to e-mail me…I have a Managed account on the family i Mac, and it’s running Leopard.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by anonymous http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35085 anonymous Fri, 23 May 2008 21:26:18 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35085 Good update? I've seen nothing but more problems from that crap update - word: if a tablecells on the last line wraps text, text becomes invisible n that cell on all but the last line - powerpoint: thext wrapping in you body gets the space in front of the next line, wrecking the layout completely This is the most crap update of office for Mac I've seen over the year, now looking how to roll it back. Good update?

I’ve seen nothing but more problems from that crap update
- word: if a tablecells on the last line wraps text, text becomes invisible n that cell on all but the last line
- powerpoint: thext wrapping in you body gets the space in front of the next line, wrecking the layout completely

This is the most crap update of office for Mac I’ve seen over the year, now looking how to roll it back.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Matt http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35079 Matt Fri, 23 May 2008 12:35:59 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35079 An update that stops an application from allowing you to open files by double-clicking it is pretty much unforgivable. I'm just so glad I haven't had to use Office for a long time An update that stops an application from allowing you to open files by double-clicking it is pretty much unforgivable. I’m just so glad I haven’t had to use Office for a long time

]]> Comment on Fix for endless Setup Assistant problems by Brrryc3 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/14/fix-for-endless-setup-assistant-problems/#comment-35076 Brrryc3 Fri, 23 May 2008 01:02:19 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=72#comment-35076 Another great achievement from the Mac Business Unit! Good news is starting to pile up, isn't it? Another great achievement from the Mac Business Unit! Good news is starting to pile up, isn’t it?

]]> Comment on The Daring Fireball Effect by Brrryc3 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/the-daring-fireball-effect/#comment-35075 Brrryc3 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:59:08 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=71#comment-35075 Nice job, Schwieb! That's an unbelievably insane achievement for this blog. And to think I joined in time to witness this post's content. Nice job, Schwieb! That’s an unbelievably insane achievement for this blog. And to think I joined in time to witness this post’s content.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Brrryc3 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35074 Brrryc3 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:54:27 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35074 Hey, It's me, Bryce, again. I changed my posting name because my dad told me to. Oh well, that's life. Anyway , here's my daily surprise from reading this blog. I'm reading along and get sucked into the post and a big explosion of amazement occurs inside my head. ow! I didn't know that Office 2008 had so many problems. First it's the issue with speed and then it's the typing problem and then it's the slow typing problem and then it's the problems with SP1 installation and application startup. Get a sense of what things are going on, guys. It's crazy! Sheesh… Hey, It’s me, Bryce, again. I changed my posting name because my dad told me to. Oh well, that’s life. Anyway , here’s my daily surprise from reading this blog. I’m reading along and get sucked into the post and a big explosion of amazement occurs inside my head. ow! I didn’t know that Office 2008 had so many problems. First it’s the issue with speed and then it’s the typing problem and then it’s the slow typing problem and then it’s the problems with SP1 installation and application startup. Get a sense of what things are going on, guys. It’s crazy! Sheesh…

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Frank http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35072 Frank Thu, 22 May 2008 20:29:01 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35072 What are we supposed to do about this application launching problem? I can't open documents anymore by double-clicking? Please tell me a fix is in the works for this issue. What are we supposed to do about this application launching problem? I can’t open documents anymore by double-clicking? Please tell me a fix is in the works for this issue.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Catarina Teixeira http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35064 Catarina Teixeira Wed, 21 May 2008 23:48:37 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35064 "SP1 has completely disabled my Office 2008 installation. I cannot launch any of the applications, and I get stuck in a ’setup assistant loop’" The exactly same thing happened to me. I had to uninstall and install office again. “SP1 has completely disabled my Office 2008 installation. I cannot launch any of the applications, and I get stuck in a ’setup assistant loop’”

The exactly same thing happened to me. I had to uninstall and install office again.

]]> Comment on Mac Office 2008 SP1 by Quenton Elliott http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/mac-office-2008-sp1/#comment-35063 Quenton Elliott Wed, 21 May 2008 21:48:17 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=69#comment-35063 What a terrible update to an already sketchy program. If the business world hadn't standardized on this once great piece of software I'd be telling everyone to jump ship. First is the speed issue, no amount of RAM will speed up office 2008 or 2007 on a brand new core2duo machine. No one uses docx. Everyone but MS knows this is a still-born file format and I must spend time changing it back to doc, xls etc for all clients (mac and PC). The biggest problem I'm seeing on out-of-the-box macs is related specifically to SP1: The stupid setup assistant will not go away. No rhyme or reason, just keeps asking if I'd like to participate. say no, say yes, it doesn't matter since it keeps popping up instead of the desired office app. This release has officially jumped the shark with bloaty feature-creep. People were better off with text edit. What a terrible update to an already sketchy program. If the business world hadn’t standardized on this once great piece of software I’d be telling everyone to jump ship. First is the speed issue, no amount of RAM will speed up office 2008 or 2007 on a brand new core2duo machine. No one uses docx. Everyone but MS knows this is a still-born file format and I must spend time changing it back to doc, xls etc for all clients (mac and PC). The biggest problem I’m seeing on out-of-the-box macs is related specifically to SP1: The stupid setup assistant will not go away. No rhyme or reason, just keeps asking if I’d like to participate. say no, say yes, it doesn’t matter since it keeps popping up instead of the desired office app.

This release has officially jumped the shark with bloaty feature-creep. People were better off with text edit.

]]> Comment on Saying hello (again) to Visual Basic by currie http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2008/05/13/saying-hello-again-to-visual-basic/#comment-35057 currie Wed, 21 May 2008 12:24:56 +0000 http://www.schwieb.com/blog/?p=70#comment-35057 I have VMWare Fusion, and can run Windows XP with applications on it for work (particularly Framemaker, Netmeeting, Windows specific tools like VoIP phones, and Office). My company is big on using Word/Excel/Powerpoint. However, I have found that NeoOffice is quite capable of opening Word/Excel/Powerpoint files and resaving them as Office documents. I have a 2GHz 2GB ram Macbook Duo_core. The Neooffice site states at http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/features.php Handles Most Excel VBA Macros NeoOffice includes the Excel macro support developed by Novell's ooo-build project. The ooo-build project is an open source project that continually develops feature enhancements to OpenOffice.org. And its free too. I urge you to download it with the latest patches and try it. Set its preferences to save as Office format instead of its own format. I have VMWare Fusion, and can run Windows XP with applications on it for work (particularly Framemaker, Netmeeting, Windows specific tools like VoIP phones, and Office). My company is big on using Word/Excel/Powerpoint.

However, I have found that NeoOffice is quite capable of opening Word/Excel/Powerpoint files and resaving them as Office documents. I have a 2GHz 2GB ram Macbook Duo_core.

The Neooffice site states at http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/features.php

Handles Most Excel VBA Macros NeoOffice includes the Excel macro support developed by Novell’s ooo-build project. The ooo-build project is an open source project that continually develops feature enhancements to OpenOffice.org.

And its free too. I urge you to download it with the latest patches and try it. Set its preferences to save as Office format instead of its own format.

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