Excel 2016 on Mac jumpy scrolling

Anonymous
2015-03-29T18:47:44+00:00

I notice a rather annoying problem with Excel 2016 - when scrolling using either a trackpad or mousewheel, the scrolling is not at all smooth.  Instead, the scrolling is very jumpy.  By jumpy, I don't mean that the scroll will go from point A to point B in a snap rather than a smooth motion.  Rather, when initiating a scroll, the spreadsheet will sort of vibrate and bounce rapidly back and forth before the scrolling commence.  The problem is particularly obvious when scrolling horizontally, and it sometimes won't scroll at all, no matter how many times I try.  In such instances, the only way to move around the spreadsheet is either the arrow key or by clicking on the scroll bar.  Sometimes initiating a scroll would cause a beachball to appear for a sec or two, and I'm on a Quad core 2012 Retina Macbook Pro.  This is a persistent problem and has not be fixed in the last Excel update.  This is also not a machine dependent problem, because I experience the same scrolling problem on my 13" Retina Macbook Pro as well.  Anyone else having this issue?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-31T16:17:12+00:00

    +1 here. Both with a Logitech MX Master and Apple Magic Mouse - extremely erratic scrolling. Very jumpy.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-30T22:23:39+00:00

    I've noticed the same problem too. It's terribly frustrating.

    One thing I did notice is that the scrolling works fine if you use the trackpad. That's great and everything, but I for one would like to be able to scroll with a mouse and keyboard as well.

    --Tom

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-28T18:05:34+00:00

    I have a MS mouse and problem still exists!!!!

    Just as it has since beta 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Pathetic Microsoft!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-24T11:58:33+00:00

    I wonder if the problem may be related to the mouse and/or mouse driver. I am using a Logitech MX Revolution and have tried it  both with and without the Logitech Control Center. Of course, I never had problems with the mouse with Excel 2011, but maybe Microsoft developers tend to use some other mouse that works fine. Has anyone seen this problem with, say, a Microsoft mouse?

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T20:39:15+00:00

    Terrible and weird. With all the fanfares surrounding Office 2016 release, it's disappointing how this usability issue got through.

    For me it's also back to 2011.

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