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Access EXCEL on iPad

Had an Apple issue that remained for 2 days. Solution to fix that issue was to clear and reset up only Apple data. this meant all remaining APPS manually. Current issue is when I added EXCEL & WORD, I am not able to access them. Found the old…

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asked 2026-05-05T17:51:48.0733333+00:00
Tom Davis 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-06T08:34:34.49+00:00
Kai-H 16,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Calculator pad

I work on a Macbook Pro, and use an external keyboard that has a 'calculator pad on the right hand side. When creating a column of figures I previously was able to use the calculator pad and it recognised the '.' as the separator between the Rands and…

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asked 2026-05-05T11:38:26.66+00:00
vaughn richardson 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-05T13:29:34.3933333+00:00
Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435K Reputation points
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I suddenly cannot work on Excel using my office 2019 account

All of my Word and Excel documents have a notice to "activate Microsoft 365 to edit and create" when I have the Office 2019. I was able to get back to my old Word so I can word on Word documents, but I cannot figure out how to fix my Excel. Any…

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asked 2026-05-05T01:48:20.5833333+00:00
Lesley Andrews 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-05T02:33:53.95+00:00
Diana Mariz 7,535 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Review notes will not edit or display in Excel.xlsx file - Mac OS

All of a sudden my review notes will not edit or display in my Excel.xlsx files; using Mac OS Tahoe 26.4.1. and Excel v16.108.2. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. Glenn

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asked 2026-05-03T16:52:22.86+00:00
Glenn Williams 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-04T22:38:22.74+00:00
Katerina-N 8,905 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Stock data type is working but the Insert data feature is broken.

This was an issue posted 28 months ago but exactly the same thing happened to me on April 27th ====================================== I opened an existing spreadsheet with existing Stock Data (many fields) that was working fine. The stock data fields are…

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asked 2026-04-29T18:28:32.6633333+00:00
Mike Fenster 0 Reputation points
recommended 2026-05-04T07:31:08.47+00:00
Ian-T 7,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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cant install office 2021 for mac on a mac mini

I am trying to install microsoft office 2021 on a mac mini. I created a new microsoft account and entered the product key in my account and the subscriptions tab shows it is ready to install  I click on install and a pkg file downloads. The file…

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asked 2026-04-29T01:48:33.7466667+00:00
c gee 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-04T00:16:42.6566667+00:00
Xavier-D 7,670 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Excel 2024 Home ribbon paste function grays out after use

Just purchased Office 2024 yesterday for my macOS Tahoe 26.4.1. I had to chat with Microsoft (service request [Moderation note: PII removed]) to get the find/replace function to stop crashing the Excel program every time I tried to use it. After three…

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asked 2026-04-30T13:29:56.15+00:00
T erri 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-03T06:18:25.59+00:00
Kai-H 16,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to solve MS AutoUpdate problem

I used MS AutoUpdate to update MS Office applications with new versions but I keep getting Update error "Some apps have encountered errors". I tried to execute it several times. I still have this same problem. See attached snapshot and…

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asked 2026-05-01T17:48:19.1766667+00:00
Richard Leon 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-01T19:10:40.6366667+00:00
paulr0511 44,605 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Accurate Singapore Stock prices - Mac + Office 365.

I am unable to get Singapore stock prices accurately (while it is okay for US, UK, and HK stocks) using the stock function on Office 265 for Mac. Did you have similar issues? How did you fix them?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-05-01T06:02:30.2366667+00:00
Arun Vasudevan 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-01T10:58:16.2333333+00:00
Arun Vasudevan 40 Reputation points
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Sum a column of numbers returns a zero, even though the column has actual numbers that don't sum to zero

When I click on a cell that has the sum function (for example: =sum(A4: A9) and the cells contain non-zero entries, when I click on the cell, it returns a zero, as if the sum of the column of numbers adds to zero, regardless of the numbers in the column.…

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asked 2026-04-30T01:13:19.0866667+00:00
Hugh Larsen 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-30T12:48:46.3166667+00:00
Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435K Reputation points
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HOW ON EARTH DO I GET A REFUND

In UK - using Excel for Mac. Stocks function has never worked for 10 years. Used AI (all of them) to try to solve today, 4 hours of work, no success. Eventually Grok told me to buy Microsoft 365 from Microsoft directly, instead of Apple, and I would be…

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asked 2026-04-28T14:35:19.7266667+00:00
Ian Donaldson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-30T06:23:35.58+00:00
Xavier-D 7,670 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Stock Last Trade time are not matching with current Indian Time

I try to use the Date - Stock option to get the current price of the stock & Last Trade Time, but in the Excel sheet, it shows wrong timing in different regions. Kindly provide the procedure to correct it

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asked 2026-03-30T08:12:55.67+00:00
swaroop kodande 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-29T15:55:16.12+00:00
Kal-D 7,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Fileter between two numbers

I have the following formula below. It all works well, however I would like some more control. In (CHOOSECOLS(x,12)<12) I have it set to filter to <12. I would like it to be <3 and >12. Would love some help. Thank…

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asked 2026-04-29T09:34:42.8333333+00:00
Andy Stewart 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-29T12:33:28.6133333+00:00
Marcin Policht 88,075 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I have purchased Office 2024 for my Mac, and now my programs won't save or print unless I subscribe to 365

I Purchased Office 2024 for my Mac 1 year ago, Everything worked great until a few days ago when it refused to allow me to edit or save anything. It keeps telling me to activate & Subscribe to Microsoft 365, (which I do not want to do!). I am…

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asked 2026-04-27T21:41:12.22+00:00
Susie Ehrich 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-28T22:31:54.2033333+00:00
Susie Ehrich 40 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Stocks function is not functional today

Is there anything I can do to restart the auto refresh of a spreadsheet using the Stocks function?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-04-28T14:26:56.2466667+00:00
John Gamble 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-28T15:11:06.2166667+00:00
John Gamble 25 Reputation points
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Stockhistory Function not working

The stock history function could not throw the data instead it says server not working, please rectify asap

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asked 2026-04-28T06:42:36.3433333+00:00
PATTERNS FINTECH 24AEFPJ9953C1ZJ 80 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-28T07:09:21.7233333+00:00
Shubham Singh 85 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Authoring and Proofing Tools Missing

For years I have printed a series of Excel spreadsheets without issue. Inserted images have always printed at high resolution. Recently, printing the same unaltered documents, inserted images have been printing in low resolution and are visibly…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-04-17T18:01:49.6866667+00:00
Glenn Samson 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-26T00:41:54.8+00:00
Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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How do I get rid of your damn popups telling me to do updates.I am already updated

I am working on a Mac and I am constantly getting a popup telling me to update. tell my how to stop this takeover of MY computer

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asked 2026-04-12T17:33:21.55+00:00
Michaela M Conca 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-24T16:08:01.09+00:00
nopi nkdragons 15 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to open some excel files

When trying to open some excel files I am getting an error message as follows: Alert Excel cannot open the file "xxxx" because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file…

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asked 2026-04-23T15:25:39.95+00:00
Andy Sim 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-23T15:31:35.2766667+00:00
Andy Sim 20 Reputation points
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Excel on MacOS saved file as *.MACTF. Where should I look for this file?

Because the file I was editing was on a network drive, when I was closing Excel, it said that it couldn't save it in the original location (the network connectivity didn't work at that time), and it said it saved it in a file with .MACTF extension…

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asked 2026-04-08T20:09:00.7366667+00:00
Sławek Balcerzak 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-04-22T16:39:15.57+00:00
Katerina-N 8,905 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator