By J. Carlton Collins, CPA

Recently I bought a Mac and installed 2016 Microsoft excel for Mac. I am used to create a lot of applications for my job using user forms, but when I looked for it in my Mac I realized that there is no such tool box and a button where I can generate a new User form. There is the instruction code, and my previous files with user forms worked. With Excel, your Office moves with you and can implement the most complex formulas, with amazing features. Highlights: Unmistakably Office, designed for Mac - MacBook Pro Touch Bar is fully supported by Microsoft Excel. If you type an equals sign into a cell, Excel will immediately pull up the most recently used functions in the Touch Bar. Click the File tab on the Ribbon, then select Help from the left-hand pane. The right-hand pane has the Version information. If you’re using a Mac the two most recent Excel versions, 2008 and 2011, just select the Excel menu, then click About Excel. Microsoft Office 365 for Mac: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others in App Store You can get any of the Office 365 apps in the Mac App Store and use your current subscription with them. Q.Our company uses Excel 2013 running on Windows, but one of our employees wants to switch to a Mac. If we allow him to do this, will his Mac-based Excel files be compatible with the rest of our office’s Windows users, and are there any specific differences between Excel for Mac and Excel for Windows?

Q. Our company uses Excel 2013 running on Windows, but one of our employees wants to switch to a Mac. If we allow him to do this, will his Mac-based Excel files be compatible with the rest of our office’s Windows users, and are there any specific differences between Excel for Mac and Excel for Windows?

Excel For Macs

A. Generally speaking, Excel versions for Mac and Windows are reasonably compatible. The table below summarizes the primary functional differences between the Mac and Windows editions of Excel.

Word And Excel For Mac

To overcome those differences, some Mac owners run Excel for Windows through a virtual machine solution called Parallels Desktop 10 (parallels.com) ($79.99), which then allows users to purchase and run Windows (starting at $99.99) on their Macs. Similar virtual machine solutions include Apple’s Boot Camp Windows (tinyurl.com/plu4hye) (free); and VMWare Fusion 7 (vmware.com) ($69.99).

J. Carlton Collins(carlton@asaresearch.com) is a technology consultant, CPE instructor, and a JofA contributing editor.

Is There An Excel Version For Mac Os

Microsoft Excel Mac Current Version

Note:Instructions for Microsoft Office in “Technology Q&A” refer to the 2013, 2010, and 2007 versions, unless otherwise specified.

Submit a question

Do you have technology questions for this column? Or, after reading an answer, do you have a better solution? Send them to jofatech@aicpa.org. We regret being unable to individually answer all submitted questions.