Date for availability of VBA in 2008

[erugalatha]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Hello.

I read somewhere on these forums last year that VBA would return in the next update for Excel in 2010 on mac. I installed an update last week for Office 2008 but still no VBA support.

Is it known yet when this will be available in 2010?
Or did they mean the next version of Office on Mac?

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor:
Intel Hello.

I read somewhere on these forums last year that VBA would return in the
next update for Excel in 2010 on mac. I installed an update last week
for Office 2008 but still no VBA support.

Is it known yet when this will be available in 2010?
Or did they mean the next version of Office on Mac?

They meant the next version of office which will be available for
"holidays 2010". Whether that means 4th of July or New Year's eve is up
to you to surmise.

 

[erugalatha]

ok. thank you for replying.

 

[John McGhie]

Just to correct a misconception in the Heading (before we get killed in the
rush of hopeful punters...)

VBA will NEVER be available for Office 2008.

The foundation of Office 2008 cannot support the VBA runtime interpreter,
and you cannot change the foundation without building a new Office Suite.

So Office 2011 will bring VBA back, but it will be a paid-for upgrade.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
Hello.

I read somewhere on these forums last year that VBA would return in the next
update for Excel in 2010 on mac. I installed an update last week for Office
2008 but still no VBA support.

Is it known yet when this will be available in 2010?
Or did they mean the next version of Office on Mac?

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