I want to disable Excel 365 performance improvement auto-nags

Anonymous
2024-04-12T08:17:24+00:00

Let's skip back to How to stop Excel from automatically checking Workbook performance? - Microsoft Community

This is about repetitive screen clutter, it doesn't need to be there so let's switch it off. I'll point out that contract worker such as myself have no scope to change the settings of the working models of companies we work at. So on a daily basis we have to clean away screen trash which is electronically generated by a Microsoft product. Screen space is always at a premium.

Now the answers on the above link completely skip around the issue - if anything they misunderstand what the questioner is driving at. As another person irritated by intrusive - let's call it feature creep (harsher words could be used) - I'm bemused that increasing product complexity isn't accompanied by ways to clean things up by eg turning off nags.

The issue hasn't gone away. It isn't solved. And yes - just to be clear - I'm perfectly able to redesign spreadsheets to make them more efficient and limit bloat - and I do this if it's in my remit.

I'm also aware that answers can be phrased to close down issues that aren't going to be fixed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-30T22:28:14+00:00

    We need a way to disable these notifications!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-28T14:59:45+00:00

    What if you could add a separate dial to make one side lighter or darker than the other side?  And what if you added another dial or lever to make the bread rack wider (e.g., Texas Toast)?  And what if you added another dial or lever to make the bread rack deeper?  And what if you added another dial to make the crust lighter or darker?  And what if you added four dials to make each of the four sides of the bread lighter or darker?  And what if you added a humidistat to monitor the moisture level of the bread…maybe even a switch to make the toaster turn off if the moisture level dropped below a set level, as determined by another dial?  And what if we replaced the lever with a button that automatically lowers the bread and raises the bread?  And what if we added a dial that adjusted the speed at which the bread lowers and raises? 

    This is what Microsoft has done with Word and Excel.  They haven’t built a better toaster.  They just piled on a ton of useless features that no one was really clamoring for.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-04T16:56:05+00:00

    Are they still working on it? Because this issue is incredibly annoying and most of us who use this software frequently do not need asinine suggestions that provide zero value.

    I'm not sure what the brain trust at Microsoft even does at this point other than constantly reinventing the wheel, with each time being substantially worse than the last.

    Does no one test these things before updates roll out? Hilarious that a $3T company operates like this. I've seen startups with more foresight and organization.

    I'm so glad you asked. I was wondering the same thing this morning. How do we get Microsoft to understand HOW to do user interfaces better? How come IT IS NOT AN OPTION that we can select/deselect? EVERY ONE of these dumb ideas SHOULD be an option.

    How do we get updates from Microsoft? Can a moderator reply with that info so we don't have to ask? Is there a dashboard, something Microsoft wants us to be good at, that we can see? That would seem to be a good way to communicate the updates.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T09:22:00+00:00

    Dear Snow Lu,

    Thank you. Since you agree that raising a support ticket would not have a desired effect, can you please confirm if the issue has been escalated and if any ETA has been provided?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-30T15:29:03+00:00

    Product team has received it. Hope they will add an optional button at next version.

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