Active Window No Longer There

[Leighton_McCormick]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

When I upgraded to Office for Mac 2008 for my fully-loaded G-4 PowerMac, I found that Excel no longer has an "active window" near the top of the spreadsheet that shows text or figures as you type. It's a convenience place to edit text or numbers.

It appears that now you have to double-click on a row of the spreadsheet, and make your edits there -- which is more time-consuming and difficult.

How do I get the active window to appear near the top of the spreadsheet? Is there a formula bar or window I don't know about?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Leighton;

Default display of the Formula Bar is controlled in Excel> Preferences -
View by way of a checkbox. It can also be toggled on/off in the View Menu.

IIRC the Formula Bar was defaulted to "off" in a new installation because of
the new inclusion of the Formula Builder in the Toolbox... I believe we
hammered MacBU fairly hard about this way back when At any rate, though,
controlling display of the Formula Bar is no different than it was in 2004.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac