windows excel files taking forever to open

[David Henderson]

Hi,

I am a fairly recent convert from Windows to Mac.
Running Panther on a G4 Powerbook (1 Ghz/768MB Ram) and office vx with
latest service pack.

Opening a rather large Windows Excel file (7.5 MB) containing lots of
pivot tables and about 20 worksheets takes almost 15 minutes to open,
compared to about 30 seconds on a windows machine.

Is this a common occurance when using the same excel files between platforms?

Is there any known fix for this kind of issue?

Also, when I open Windows Excel files with pivot tables, the Pivot
Tables don't seem to work on the Mac, even tho I have the MS Query
tool working and accessing the same Db.

I think I may be missing some steps somewhere along the line...

Any help gretaly appreciated.

Rgds,

David Henderson.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I am a fairly recent convert from Windows to Mac.
Running Panther on a G4 Powerbook (1 Ghz/768MB Ram) and office vx with
latest service pack.

Opening a rather large Windows Excel file (7.5 MB) containing lots of
pivot tables and about 20 worksheets takes almost 15 minutes to open,
compared to about 30 seconds on a windows machine.
Is this a common occurance when using the same excel files between platforms?

I've not run into this magnitude of difference.

Is there any known fix for this kind of issue?

I don't know of any systematic problem, so I don't think there's a
systematic fix.

Also, when I open Windows Excel files with pivot tables, the Pivot
Tables don't seem to work on the Mac, even tho I have the MS Query
tool working and accessing the same Db.

Do no PTs work? What size are the PTs?