On Jul 1, 10:51=A0am, oj <OJGan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jun 26, 10:29=A0am, Bob Greenblatt <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On 6/26/08 10:02 AM, in article
> > 4170e9d7-db75-4acc-85ab-5359ad8ae...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"oj"
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> > <OJGan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > Hey we have a very large do***ent (10 worksheets of 1024 rows x 26
> > > columns, with graphs, =A0roughly 11 MB) which opens very slowly on
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cel
> > > on the Mac. =A0 Using the same do***ent on Excel for Windows doesn't
> > > seem to have any problems. =A0 Scrolling around the do***ent,
selecti=
ng
> > > cells, switching tabs, or just opening it causes Excel on the Mac to
> > > slow down considerably. =A0 It's just **very** pokey. =A0 Is there
> > > anything we can do about it?
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> > > Thanks.
>
> > What version of Excel, OS, and how much RAM, and free disk space? Is
th=
e
> > file on a network?
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> > --
> > Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
> > bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom
>
> Excel 2008 (on the Mac), however it did the same thing with Excel 2004
> 2 GB of RAM
> 250 GB disk, less than 50% full
> using OS X 10.5, however it did the same thing with 10.4
>
> The file is usually on the network, but is still slow when copied to
> the local disk (in the computer)
> We've recently duplicated this same problem on another (non-PPC) mac...
I guess no one else out there is having this problem. We've tried
checking many different things, including different versions of Excel,
and changing the network connection. These spreadsheets just seem to
be *very* slow to work with on the Mac (again, Excel in Windows has no
problems)... Anyone have any idea why this may be?


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