I have done some further testing. The problem still occurs, apparently randomly, but only when I have Safari or Mail open in the background. It does NOT seem to occur when the only app I have open is Excel. I have not yet tried having other apps open in the background, but will as soon as I can. I have opened a.xlsb Excel workbook without macros, while Safari and/or Mail have been open in the background. This leads me to believe the problem only involves Excel workbooks with Macros.
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 offers a solid update to the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the other members of the productivity suite.
Meanwhile, as of now, it appears I might be able use the.xlsm workbook in question as long as I do not have any other applications running. By the way, I have also posted a question about this topic on a Microsoft forum and will post any responses I get on that forum to here as well. I have now done a bunch more testing and determined the problem occurs whether or not there are other apps open in the background.
As far as I can tell, the problem only occurs in workbooks with Macros. Those that only contain data and formulas (and do not require user defined functions) do not seem to be affected. My testing is by no means all-encompassing. As a result of my testing, however, I follow this methodology:. Change a cell; immediately save; change a cell; immediately save; change a cell; immediately save. Run a macro; if the macro completes - immediately save; run a macro; if the macro completes - immediately save Eventually, but usually within about the first 2 minutes of opening the workbook, I get the spinning beach ball so I Force Quit Excel, sending a Force Quit Report to Apple. Then, I start Excel again by double clicking the workbook in the Finder.
At this point, I always get the Excel message that Excel saved a copy before the crash and it is recommended I open that version. I always respond Okay but have yet to see any evidence that anything was saved because every change since my last manual Save is gone. Then I repeat the methodology above.
Having currently suspended all further development in Excel, I will continue to stumble along this way until the beginning of next week. Then, in the absence of any comment on this issue from Microsoft as to a timeframe for upgrades, I will begin downgrading to Yosemite.
Doing so will be painful, but I see no other choice. For anyone who is interested, I posted this issue on answers.microsoft.com. Here is a link to that post: To me the responses to the post are interesting reading. I think your responder on the other forum is correct. Your looking for MS to support a product that is 3 generations behind their current release - and they've yet to fix outlook for the current version in El Capitan. As a developer you may think it's in a companies interest to keep legacy software working but how does that generate revenue if your company sells software?
If you rely on legacy applications be prepared to stay behind the curve of progress for the sake of stability, that's the rule, not the exception. I understand the revenue issue, but I am thinking more in terms of customer service/support. I have been waiting for a very long time for the next version, and when it arrives I might be interested in its new capabilities, will absolutely want everything to at least continue working as it is today and will certainly not expect to see anything eliminated. But I respectfully disagree with the second part of your comments because, in the meantime, MS has a responsibility to it's current user community. It should have been testing things all along and upon finding something, should either be prepared to fix it right away or at least quickly, or at a minimum let everyone know there is a problem and when it will be fixed, or, if absolutely necessary, indicate it will be fixed in the next release.
But the current user community should not be left hanging, or left in the dark as to what is going on. If you don't pay attention to your current user base, they might abandon ship and when the new version is available, there might be far fewer users interested in upgrading. Then what happens to your revenue? Surely, a company their size can afford to keep a few people, or maybe even a couple hundred people, if necessary, dedicated to such efforts.
Consider yourself blessed, there was a user with an outlook 2011 issue this AM who was very hopeful about that update fixing a window resize issue in Outlook but it did not, MS says it repairs a hanging sync issue but I don't know if they snuck anything else in the code. Probably watch and see what else it 'may' fix with 2011. All's I knows is I have more than a half dozen machines with 2011 and they are not going anywhere past 10.9 or 10.10 until I get budgeted for office 2016 and do some testing first! Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.
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