OS 10.5 - Leopard hates Excel

fleurya · fleurya #1 (**permalink**)

12-09-2007, 10:43 AM

I wasn't sure if this should go in OS or Apps, but since Excel worked fine before Leopard, I guess it's an OS issue.

Since I installed Leopard, I been having problems where my keyboard inputs are not registering. But that's not a huge issue because I can just click on my desktop and then back to Excel and it will work again. The bigger problem is that I will be working and suddenly the whole screen goes blue (BSOD?) and comes back like my MBP just rebooted, only it's just a few seconds. Luckily auto-save helps, but I still lose the work I did in the last few minutes.

Anyone else having Excel issues?

Brown Study · Brown Study #2 (**permalink**)

12-09-2007, 11:10 AM

Have you tossed the plist?

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #3 (**permalink**)

12-09-2007, 11:55 AM

my excel likes to shutdown by itself,

Henvan20 · Henvan20 #4 (**permalink**)

12-09-2007, 02:53 PM

Im running excel 2008 on leopard and it works flawlessly. I guess its just me.

Bear Hunter · Bear Hunter #5 (**permalink**)

12-09-2007, 03:46 PM

Excel seems to be working fine for me

Zoolook · Zoolook #6 (**permalink**)

12-09-2007, 03:51 PM

Excel from MS Office 2004? Mine is working fine on my MacBook Core Duo, running Leopard 10.5.1

I use office extensively and have found it very well behaved. Is there something you can specifically point to that causes the issue, or email a spreadsheet that has an issue? I bring home some pretty hefty spreadsheets from work, and apart from being significantly slower than Windows Excel, it does pretty well.

Zanthe · Zanthe #7 (**permalink**)

12-09-2007, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fleurya

I wasn't sure if this should go in OS or Apps, but since Excel worked fine before Leopard, I guess it's an OS issue.

Since I installed Leopard, I been having problems where my keyboard inputs are not registering. But that's not a huge issue because I can just click on my desktop and then back to Excel and it will work again. The bigger problem is that I will be working and suddenly the whole screen goes blue (BSOD?) and comes back like my MBP just rebooted, only it's just a few seconds. Luckily auto-save helps, but I still lose the work I did in the last few minutes.

Anyone else having Excel issues?

Great. More good things from Leopard.

fleurya · fleurya #8 (**permalink**)

12-10-2007, 02:43 AM

I guess the problem is, at best, hit and miss for people. Hopefully when I get Office 2008 it will be better. BTW, is it up for public beta?

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Originally Posted by Brown Study

Have you tossed the plist?

Can't say I know what that is. At this point I would like to toss the whole application!

Bobby · Bobby #9 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 12:17 AM

I am having the exact same problem. Just installed Leopard this weekend and noticed the Excel keyboard issues this week - it's quite annoying when you're working for days in Excel as I have been - the keys quit registering (only in Excel - no other apps that I am aware of) and it happens about every 10 minutes or so. The rebooting/blue screen has been particularly disconcerting. Fortunately I have the recover time set to 5 minutes in Excel so I haven't lost much work, but I am having flashbacks to my old days as a Windows user - unexplained crashes and blue screens. I am going to try reinstalling Excel and see if that helps. This is obviously a compatibility issue created by Leopard. If someone has any ideas, please help!

Running a 2006 vintage MacBook Pro using a wireless keyboard and mouse. I originally thought it was a keyboard issue, but have ruled that out.

riscy · riscy #10 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 01:13 AM

I would recommend OpenOffice over Windows Office - I have not had any issues with it, ever, although I have not used it much since putting on Leopard.

fleurya #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 18, 2006 Location: Anytown, USA Posts: 4,876 Mac Specs: 27" iMac 2.7GHz Core i5, iPhone 4S, 3rd gen iPad	12-09-2007, 10:43 AM I wasn't sure if this should go in OS or Apps, but since Excel worked fine before Leopard, I guess it's an OS issue. Since I installed Leopard, I been having problems where my keyboard inputs are not registering. But that's not a huge issue because I can just click on my desktop and then back to Excel and it will work again. The bigger problem is that I will be working and suddenly the whole screen goes blue (BSOD?) and comes back like my MBP just rebooted, only it's just a few seconds. Luckily auto-save helps, but I still lose the work I did in the last few minutes. Anyone else having Excel issues? "Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others"
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Zoolook #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 24, 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,743 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro, i7 2.66Ghz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD; iPad 32GB, iPhone 3GS	12-09-2007, 03:51 PM Excel from MS Office 2004? Mine is working fine on my MacBook Core Duo, running Leopard 10.5.1 I use office extensively and have found it very well behaved. Is there something you can specifically point to that causes the issue, or email a spreadsheet that has an issue? I bring home some pretty hefty spreadsheets from work, and apart from being significantly slower than Windows Excel, it does pretty well. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. - Joan D. Vinge
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riscy #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 27, 2007 Location: Kazakhstan Posts: 135 Mac Specs: White MacBook 1.83GHz 120GB Leopard and XP	01-05-2008, 01:13 AM I would recommend OpenOffice over Windows Office - I have not had any issues with it, ever, although I have not used it much since putting on Leopard. "I've go too much energy to switch off my mind, and not enough to get myself organised." The the Try using BootPicker with BootCamp
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Brown Study #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2004 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,964 Mac Specs: G4 — Tiger and OS 9	12-09-2007, 11:10 AM Have you tossed the plist?
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Henvan20 #4 (permalink)
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Member Since: Sep 03, 2007 Posts: 118 Mac Specs: iMac, MBP	12-09-2007, 03:46 PM Excel seems to be working fine for me
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Bobby #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1	01-05-2008, 12:17 AM I am having the exact same problem. Just installed Leopard this weekend and noticed the Excel keyboard issues this week - it's quite annoying when you're working for days in Excel as I have been - the keys quit registering (only in Excel - no other apps that I am aware of) and it happens about every 10 minutes or so. The rebooting/blue screen has been particularly disconcerting. Fortunately I have the recover time set to 5 minutes in Excel so I haven't lost much work, but I am having flashbacks to my old days as a Windows user - unexplained crashes and blue screens. I am going to try reinstalling Excel and see if that helps. This is obviously a compatibility issue created by Leopard. If someone has any ideas, please help! Running a 2006 vintage MacBook Pro using a wireless keyboard and mouse. I originally thought it was a keyboard issue, but have ruled that out.
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