excel 2008 = NO VBA :-(

hello

is there any way i can get vba to work with office 2008?

because its so frustrating!!

thanks jason

None to zero. MS has promised that they will reinstate VB in their next release of Mac Office (whenever that is).

For now, stick with Office 2004 for Mac or Office 2007 for Win if you need VB.

Regards.

really? all I've seen is a statement (after a bunch of complaints) that they wouldn't strip it from the windows version.

Yes, it was officially announced by microsoft here:

Microsoft Mac BU Delivers Strongest Launch in History of Office for Mac: Group releases Service Pack 1, announces the return of Visual Basic for Applications in next version.

It's stated as to be returned in the next version - end of the first paragraph.

you can tell how quickly I got irritated and started ignoring it

Thanks! I'll tell my wife, she'll be pleased (although not about having to buy yet a fourth office version.. 2004, 2008 and 2007)

I don't blame you one bit Dysfunction - I'm not buying office for mac until the next iteration comes out that supports vba. Luckily enough I can use office '07 at work when I really need it, and Open Office the rest of the time.

Nethfel said:

I don't blame you one bit Dysfunction - I'm not buying office for mac until the next iteration comes out that supports vba. Luckily enough I can use office '07 at work when I really need it, and Open Office the rest of the time.

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Same here. While I do have Office 2007 and use it extensively on our Win PC, I actually like the look and feel of Office 2008 for the Mac better. It's just too bad the "heavy thinkers" at MS decided that Mac users no longer need VB.

I also agree about using Open Office. It's developed into a nice product for the Mac especially since its last update. Still a bit bloated and slow, but it's getting there.

Regards.

ParkyHun said:

actually Office 08 for Mac doesn't look as great as I expected. And many features are "soon-to-come" too. However, why would I need those when my need is just typing academic documents? ) iWork seems ok but quite far-behind if you compare with MSoffice.
Solution suggested: Have an virtual xp OS, use MSoffice 07 directly on Leopard

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This works, but has a lot of overhead.. and to be honest, really irritates me that Microsofts poor planning forces this.

BTW OO won't work in Accounting classes, at least not at the local U, since all they flippin teach are using macros.