Why is Excel 2016 for Mac so bad?

Anonymous
2016-08-27T19:22:32+00:00

I'm wondering what people think - Excel 2016 for Mac seems to be so bad that it must be intentional. Am I wrong? Is Microsoft still waging a low-grade war on Mac users by making their products subtly awful on a Mac? Is it just that they have really bad developers? Is it that the developers are good but the management somehow makes them do terrible work? Is it that whoever is in charge of designing Excel for Mac has an ex who uses it for his/her job and this person has devoted his/her life to making his/her ex's life bad in confusing ways? Has a nefarious actor infiltrated Microsoft in order to make their products just bad enough that companies will continue to use them but their awfulness will create a small long-term drag on the US economy? Answers would be appreciated. Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-02-14T10:47:50+00:00

    I think it is because lack of competition on the market = no improvement. Since Microsoft Office is a monopolist, we costumers are being ripped. They simply have no incentive to improve. 

    Yes I totally agree the quality of Microsoft Office on Mac is disgusting. It is the only application on my Mac that regularly crashes.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-17T08:02:34+00:00

    I would recommend to buy a windows laptop.

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  3. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
    2019-01-11T15:05:20+00:00

    A fifth source of slowness has been identified:

    A different user reported uninstalling QuicKeys input manager fixed the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-01-08T20:41:20+00:00

    Thanks, that's good to know.

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  5. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
    2019-01-08T18:19:31+00:00

    A fourth culprit has been identified - Zoom level. When zoom is 100%, Excel runs faster.

    Microsoft Excel document very slow

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